Fire Destroys Johnny Cash Home

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Firefighters were battling flames Tuesday afternoon in a major fire at the home of the late country singer Johnny Cash.
Dispatchers said all but one of the city's engines had responded to the fire in the suburb northeast of Nashville.
No injuries were reported.
Hendersonville Fire Department officials said construction crews were working at the house when the fire started. The cause is unknown.
Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived at the house until their deaths in 2003.
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 60-year-old singer and his family are "both saddened and devastated by the news."
Bloch declined to release further details about the house or the fire.
While the Cashes lived there, the 13,880-square-foot house, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Nashville, was visited by everyone from U.S. presidents to ordinary fans.
Johnny Cash's musical career began in the 1950s and spanned rock 'n' roll, folk and country. His hits included "Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."
The Bee Gees are best known for their disco hits of the late 1970s such as "Night Fever" and "Jive Talkin'."

The Associated Press