Thursday, November 04, 2004
First Wife of Johnny Cash Wants Bench in Texas
From Reuters Canada
The first wife of late country music icon Johnny Cash wants a bench where he carved their names 53 years ago, but the city of San Antonio will keep it.
Vivian Distin, 71, asked if she could have the log bench after finding it two weeks ago in the same place along the San Antonio Riverwalk where they sat in 1951, Ron Smudy of the city's parks department said on Friday.
On it was "Johnny Loves Vivian," carved by Cash, then 18, in a romantic moment with Vivian, who was 17.
"We escorted her down to the river and lo and behold, the same bench in the same place was there," Smudy said.
Cash was an Air Force trainee stationed at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio at the time of the carving.
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Reuters Canada
The first wife of late country music icon Johnny Cash wants a bench where he carved their names 53 years ago, but the city of San Antonio will keep it.
Vivian Distin, 71, asked if she could have the log bench after finding it two weeks ago in the same place along the San Antonio Riverwalk where they sat in 1951, Ron Smudy of the city's parks department said on Friday.
On it was "Johnny Loves Vivian," carved by Cash, then 18, in a romantic moment with Vivian, who was 17.
"We escorted her down to the river and lo and behold, the same bench in the same place was there," Smudy said.
Cash was an Air Force trainee stationed at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio at the time of the carving.
Read the article
Reuters Canada
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