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Vivian Distin (née Liberto, 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".
During a 2021 appearance on Finding Your Roots, Roseanne Cash learned the truth of her mother Vivian Liberto's Black ancestry and that her dad Johnny Cash had a Black acnestor.
Between 1954 and 1966, Vivian Liberto was the first wife of country singer Johnny Cash — and the victim of widespread hatred over her racial identity.
Vivian Liberto was a private figure whose 13-year marriage to the country singer was eclipsed by the shadow of "Johnny & June". By Stephen L. Betts. That Time Kris...
Cash denied his first wife, Vivian, was African American during a 1965 boycott by racists sparked by a photo of them together.
Liberto was a Catholic school girl who met handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at a roller-skating rink. When he was stationed in Germany, Riddlehoover said they wrote thousands of love letters over the course of three years that Liberto saved her entire life.
Vivian Liberto was Johnny Cash's first wife before he famously left her for June Carter. Here's everything to know about his first marriage.
The singer-songwriter’s romance with June Carter is well-known, but this new documentary shines the spotlight on Cash’s first wife, Vivian Liberto.
In Johnny's case, it was his first wife, Vivian Liberto, a woman he met shortly before he shipped out to Germany with the Air Force. According to SFGate, they exchanged some 10,000 pages of love letters during his enlistment. They married when he returned in 1954.
My Darling Vivian: Directed by Matt Riddlehoover. With Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Wiig, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin. The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.