Vivian dorraine liberto cash distin biography
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When Vivian Dorraine Liberto was born on 23 April 1934, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Peter Liberto, was 29 and her mother, Irene Robinson, was 20. She married Johnny Cash on 7 August 1954, in Saint Anns Catholic Church, Bexar, Texas, United States. She lived in California, United States in 1968 and Ventura, California, United States for about 4 years. She died on 24 May 2005, in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura, California, United States.
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Vivian Dorraine Liberto
First wife of Johnny Cash and to whom the singer pledged to remain faithful in the song "I Walk the Line." Mother of Rosanne, Kathy, Tara and Cindy Cash. Vivian was the daughter of Thomas Liberto and Irene Robinson Liberto. Distin met the man in black at a skating rink in San Antonio three weeks before the Air Force sent him to Germany in 1950. Married Johnny Cash in 1954 and divorced him in 1966. After marrying in 1954, the couple settled in Memphis, Tenn., where Cash worked as a door-to-door appliance salesman and laid the groundwork for his musical career.
In 1958, they moved to California and bought Johnny Carson's old house on Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino, California. Seeking more privacy, they moved to 12 acres i
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Vivian Cash
First wife of Johnny Cash (1934–2005)
Vivian Liberto | |
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| Born | Vivian Dorraine Liberto (1934-04-23)April 23, 1934 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2005(2005-05-24) (aged 71) Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Vivian Cash Vivian Distin |
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| Spouses | Johnny Cash (m. ; div. 1966)Dick Distin (m. 1968) |
| Children | 4, including Rosanne and Cindy |
Vivian Distin (néeLiberto, formerly Cash; April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was an American homemaker and author. She is notable as the first wife of singer Johnny Cash and mother of their four daughters. She inspired his first hit single "I Walk the Line".[1]
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she grew up in Sicilian-American culture and was raised Catholic. She married Cash in San Antonio, but they separated after several years. He was well known when arrested in