Sparks flew when Johnny Cash first gazed upon June Carter backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, when their love story began. The eyes of the married man in front of her were as black and shiny as agates, she once recalled, and her fascination with them both worried and stirred her. "I only glanced into them," she said of that moment, "because I believed that I would be drawn into his soul and I would never have been able to walk away." Ultimately, she never did. "They met their match when they came together," Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum editor Michael McCall exclusively tells Closer Weekly. It took years before the ballad of Johnny and June as husband and wife could officially begin 50 years ago this month. Their union, which lasted until June's death in 2003, was a roller-coaster ride of extreme highs and lows, fueled by Johnny's battles with depression and drugs.
- 3/21/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
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