June Carter Cash

Singer June Carter Cash was a Grammy-winning singer, a songwriter, musician, actress and author. She was married to Johnny Cash, and she came from the Carter Family, the country music pioneers. She died of complications from heart surgery at age 73, just four months before Johnny Cash died. This interview originally aired on June 19, 1987.

She was country music royalty, but June Carter Cash never left her Appalachian roots far behind. In her final recording, Wildwood Flower, she reached back to those roots by including several classics written by A.P. Carter and other members of her legendary country music family. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to her son, John Carter Cash, about the album, which he helped record just before her death in May.

We remember singer June Carter Cash, who died Thursday at the age of 73. She was a Grammy-award winning singer, a songwriter, musician, actress and author. She was married to the legendary Johnny Cash, and she came from the Carter Family, the country music pioneers. June Carter Cash died of complications from heart surgery. (Original airdate: June 18, 1987.)

Singer June Carter Cash died in Nashville of complications from heart surgery. She was 73. A successful singer and songwriter, Cash was the wife of Johnny Cash and a member of country music's legendary Carter Family. NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

Singer June Carter Cash died in Nashville Thursday evening of complications from heart surgery. She was 73. A successful singer and songwriter, Cash was a member of the Carter Family and the wife of Johnny Cash. Her life was intimately intertwined with the development of country music. All Things Considered has a remembrance.

Everything from tea sets to musical instruments from the estate of country music stars Johnny and June Carter Cash go on sale Tuesday at Sotheby's auction house in New York City. Ben Walker reports on the details of the collection, and talks with John Carter Cash — the son of the legendary musicians — about selling items from his parents' past.

It's been three-quarters of a century since the Carter Family made its first recordings in Bristol, Tenn. The music of A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle influenced countless country, folk and bluegrass artists. On Morning Edition, host Bob Edwards interviews the co-author of a new book about the Carter Family's musical legacy.