Johnny Cash

Country singer Johnny Cash, pictured here in October 1965, was born in Kingsland, Ark., in 1932. He was nicknamed "the Man in Black" after a hit song of that name in 1971. Cash died Sept. 12, 2003, of complications from diabetes.

Cash, center, is flanked by a bondsman and a U.S. marshal as he was transferred from El Paso County Jail to the Federal Courthouse Oct. 5, 1965. He had been arrested by Customs officials for trying to smuggle amphetamines in his guitar case across the Mexican border. Eventually, he got a suspended sentence and was fined.

Cash appears with, from left, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Glen Campbell on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" in this undated publicity photo. The Campbell show had a weekly audience of about 50 million people from 1969-72.

Cash in 1969.

Cash and his wife, June Carter, stand in the Blue Room of the White House after a practice session in Washington, D.C., April 17, 1970. Cash was to sing for U.S. President Richard Nixon and guests.

Cash is joined by his wife, June Carter Cash, and son, John, 6, at the dedication of a star honoring him in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Calif., March 10, 1976.

Cash in 1977.

Cash sings with his wife, June Carter Cash, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Feb. 18, 1985. She died in May 2003. He survived her only by a summer.

Cash during the 1985 Radio City Music Hall performance.

Country music legend Johnny Cash, right, performs in October 1985 with Willie Nelson, left, Kris Kristofferson, second from left, and Waylon Jennings, second from right, in Nashville, Tenn. Cash, known as "The Man in Black" and famous for songs like "I Walk the Line," "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue," died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 from complications from diabetes in Nashville.

Country music legend Johnny Cash is shown during an October 1986 performance in Jackson, Tenn. Cash, known as "The Man in Black" and famous for songs like "I Walk the Line," "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue," died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, from complications from diabetes in Nashville, Tenn.

June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash Perform Dylan's "It Aint' Me Babe" during the Bob Dylan anniversary concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday Oct. 16, 1992.

Cash poses on the sidewalk in New York, June 3, 1994. The long-ailing singer said he was beginning to feel the itch to perform again: "I've felt really good these last few months, better than I've felt in the last three years."

Cash in 1995.

Cash and John Mellencamp, left, listen to the applause after performing Cash's hit "Ring of Fire" at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sept. 2, 1995, at Cleveland Stadium.

Cash poses with his wife June Carter Cash and his daughter Roseanne Cash prior to the dinner celebrating the 1996 Kennedy Center Honors awards at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 1996. Cash was an honoree that evening.

Cash performs with his wife June Carter Cash at the first Americana Awards Show in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 13, 2002. Cash received the Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award. He died almost exactly a year later.

Johnny Cash warms up backstage at the Carter Fold while a young bluegrass musician who played after Cash watches from the doorway on Sept. 28, 2002, at Cash's last performance at the music center started by his late wife's family. Cash died on Sept.12, 2003.