Fire Destroys Johnny Cash's Home

The Tennessee home of the late country legend Johnny Cash has been destroyed by fire during renovations for the property's new owner, The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb.

Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the three-story wooden house in Hendersonville, Tennessee from 1968 until they died within months of each other in 2003.

The local newspaper, The Hendersonville Star News, quoted a fire official as saying that the fire probably started when fumes from a wood preservative being used in the renovations were ignited by a spark.

The house featured in the famous video for Cash's version of the Nine Inch Nails song 'Hurt'.

Gibb bought the house in early 2006 and The Hendersonville Star News said the renovations were in the final stages; the newspaper quoted a friend of Gibbs' as saying that the singer hoped to move in during the summer.

At the time of purchase, Gibb described buying the house as an honor and spoke of his determination to preserve it in honor of its late owners.

Maybe he used to much wood preservative and not enough honor.



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