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In April of 2003, June appeared on the CMT Flameworthy Awards to accept an award in honor of Johnny Cash.
 
In 2001, due to heart trouble, June was fitted with a pacemaker.
 
In 1987, June published the memoir, From the Heart.
 
In 1979, June published an autobiography called Among My Klediments.
 
In 1975, June released her first solo album, Appalachian Pride.
 
In 1970, June and Johnny won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "If I Were a Carpenter."
 
In April of 1968, Johnny proposed to June onstage at a concert in London, Ontario.
 
In 1958, June appeared in the film Country Music Holiday.
 
June was an accomplished autoharp player.
 
June was a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
 
June was born in an area of Virginia known to the locals as the “Poor Valley.”
 
While June is best known for singing, songwriting and her love for Johnny, she was also an author, actress, comedian, philanthropist and humanitarian.
 
June Carter Cash: (on her marriage & career) I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have that kind of romance.
 
June, her sisters Helen and Anita, and their mother began performing regularly on the Grand Ole Opry radio show in 1950.
 
June had a very obvious flair for comedy, which she used to good effect in a character she called Aunt Polly which she used rather often during the earlier part of her career.
 
June released the album It's All in the Family in the latter part of 1999.
 
June released her solo album Press On in 1999.
 
June was the second child in a family of three girls.
 
June is portrayed by Reese Witherspoon in the hit bio-pic Walk the Line (2005).
 
June retired from her solo singing career after marrying Cash in 1968.
 
June duetted with Homer and Jethro on their 1949 parody recording of the Frank Loesser composition "Baby, It's Cold Outside".
 
June Carter Cash: (on Johnny) I have always enjoyed being a part of his life. I've always loved him, and he's always loved me.
 
June was a distant cousin of former president Jimmy Carter.
 
June studied acting in the 50s with director Elia Kazan and acting guru Lee Strasberg.
 
June was the Godmother of country music star Hank Williams Jr..
 
June was 5' 5½" (1.66 m) tall.
 
June's second child Rosey Nix (Carter) Adams, 45, was found dead near Nashville on Oct. 24, 2003 of carbon monoxide poisoning with bluegrass fiddle player, Jimmy Campbell, 40.
 
June was a step-mother to Johnny Cash's daughters by his 1st wife Vivian Liberto, and they are Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara.
 

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