Fire Destroys Johnny Cash Home

C Goodman

The lakeside home of late country singer Johnny Cash was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The blaze started after 1 pm CST at the home in Hendersonville, TN. Fire crews arrived on the scene quickly, but the structure was already engulfed in flames. A few hours later, there was almost nothing left of the home that Cash and his late wife June Carter Cash had lived in since the late 1960s. By the end of the day, only brick chimneys and the steel frame remained. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The property was purchased by Barry Gibb, a member of the Bee Gees, in January 2006. Gibb and his wife, Linda, had said they planned to restore the home on Old Hickory Lake and hoped to write songs there. Gibb's spokesman, Paul Bloch, said the singer and his family are "both saddened and devastated by the news."