June Carter Cash in Critical Condition

June Carter Cash remained in critical condition Monday (May 12) at Nashville’s Baptist Hospital as a result of complications from heart surgery last week. The 73-year-old singer-songwriter underwent surgery on May 7 to replace a heart valve. From the ‘40s through the ‘70s, she and older sisters Helen and Anita Carter toured with their mother, Country Music Hall of Fame member Maybelle Carter, as the Carter Family. June Carter married Johnny Cash in 1968 after she co-wrote one of Cash’s biggest hits, “Ring of Fire,” in 1963. The couple released a series of popular duets, including “Jackson” and “If I Were a Carpenter.” Carlene Carter is her daughter from a previous marriage to country singer Carl Smith. Johnny Cash, who has experienced a variety of medical problems in recent years, was released from Baptist Hospital on April 1 following a three-week stay for pneumonia. 05/12/03

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June Carter Cash hospitalized in critical condition

Sunday, May 11, 2003 Posted: 9:11 AM EDT (1311 GMT)


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Singer June Carter Cash, the wife and Grammy-winning duet partner of Johnny Cash, was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday as a result of complications from heart surgery, according to their longtime manager.

Cash, 73, had the surgery on Wednesday at Baptist Hospital to replace a valve, said Lou Robin.

He said Johnny Cash is asking everyone able to pray for his wife's recovery to do so at 10 a.m. CDT Sunday.

"June did this for him one time when he was critically ill," Robin said. "The recovery the next morning was something the doctors couldn't describe or imagine."

June Carter Cash is a singer, songwriter, musician, actress and author.

She and her husband have performed together on record and on stage, doing songs like "Jackson" and "If I Were a Carpenter," which both won Grammy awards for them in 1967 and 1970, respectively.

She also co-wrote Cash's 1963 hit "Ring of Fire," which was about falling in love with him.

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My prayers and thoughts are with June and Johnny. I discovered Johnny Cash's songs only recently..but I can definitively understand why he is legendary....his partnership with June is part of his music...

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