Tom Cash, Johnny Cash’s brother and a country music star, dies at the age of 84.
After high school, Tommy joined the army and worked as a DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Johnny Cash died in 2003 at the age of 71, leaving behind a country music star in Cash.
Cash put out an album called Fade To Black: Memories Of Johnny as a tribute.
The founder and CEO of Icon Entertainment, Bill Miller, opened the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville on Saturday. He said, “Shannon (Miller) and I lost a very, very dear friend last evening.” I knew him for more than fifty years.
“Tommy Cash was a devoted supporter of the Johnny Cash Museum. He was also a revered musician and a beloved member of our extended family.”
Many of his friends and fans all over the world will miss this great man very much.
Tommy was born on April 5, 1940, in Dyess, Arkansas. He joined the army soon after high school and worked as a DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Tommy was eight years younger than John. He got his first record deal in 1965 and played with blues and country singer Hank Williams Jr.
After four years, he released the song Six White Horses, which was a tribute to the three US politicians who had been killed: John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Cash sang the songs “Rise and Shine,” “I Recall a Gypsy Woman,” and “One Song Away.” He also starred with Highlander actor Paul Johansson in the 2016 movie “The River Thief,” which was about a teen.
In the decades that followed, Tommy kept playing music. He and his brother Johnny worked together on the 1990 single Guess Things Happen That Way.
“During his career, he performed all over the world, carrying on the Cash name long after his brother Johnny Cash died in 2003,” the museum said.
