Cindy Cash (born July 29, 1959) is an American singer, author, and antiques dealer.

Early years

Cash is the daughter of singer

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American Country music, country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later s ...

and his first wife,

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. When she was a child, the family lived in

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. The couple divorced when she was nine years old. Her siblings include singer

Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife. Although she is often classified as a country art ...

Career

Cash performed with her father and her stepmother,

June Carter Cash June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter and dancer. A five-time Grammy award-winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior ...

. Her first duet with him as part of his show came when she was 16, and she also sang with him in his last performance. For two years, she sang in the group The Next Generation, which included Loretta Lynn's daughter Peggy, Conway Twitty's daughter Kathy, and George Jones' and Tammy Wynette's daughter Georgette. After she retired from entertaining, she operated an antique store in

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. In 1997,

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published her book, ''The Cash Family Scrapbook'', which contains a variety of material about (and written by) her and members of her family. She began sorting material with a book in mind in 1985 and underwent starts and stops thereafter. The story began with her parents' marriage and continued up to the time of the book's publication. Vivian, Johnny, Cindy and Kids in 1961

Personal life

When she was 18, Cash married her high school sweetheart. After they divorced, she and her daughter moved to

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, to be near her father. Her second husband was singer-songwriter

Marty Stuart John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and musician. Active since 1968, Stuart initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash's road band before beginning work as ...

, whom she met when both were 21. They were married from 1983 to 1988. In 2003, she married Eddie Panetta, who died in a motorcycle accident in 2009.

References

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