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Birth name | Valerie June Carter |
Born | Maces Spring, Virginia, U.S. | June 23, 1929
Died | May 15, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 73)
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Years active | 1939โ2003 |
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Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 โ May 15, 2003[1]) was an American country singer and songwriter. A five-time Grammy award-winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was known as June Carter and continued to be credited as such even after her marriage (as well as on songwriting credits predating it). She played guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.[2]