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Carlene Carter Shares Memories From Mom June Carter Cash’s ‘Well-Rounded’ Marriage to Johnny Cash


June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash had their troubles, but their marriage was very 'well-rounded,' her daughter Carlene Carter exclusively tells Closer.

Her music career has been rightfully celebrated, but other parts of June’s multifaceted life, like her time studying acting, are less well-known. “Back then, women didn’t take their little girls, get a divorce, and go to New York and become friends with Marlon Brando and James Dean,” Carlene says of her mother’s time studying at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse. Silver Screen Collection/Getty ImagesElvis would be the first to tell June about rising star Johnny Cash, who would become her third husband and inspire “Ring of Fire” — the hit song she cowrote.

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