On January 4th 2006 the house where Johnny Cash lived for 35 years was bought by Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb. The rustic house near Nashville, Tennessee went on the market in June 2005 with an asking price of $2.9m (£1.7m). Gibb said he planned to preserve the house to honour the Cash memory. Unfortunately Gibb’s ownership of the house was short-lived. In April 2007, the house burned to the ground during renovations when a flammable spray sealer caused fire to break out during construction. The Gibbs built a new house on higher ground, keeping the original Cash home foundations as a testament to the memory of Cash. The new house has been sold a few times since. So let’s get this straight, Johnny’s old house became a ring of fire, a bloke with the voice of a boy named sue seemed to be stayin’ alive!
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