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nick allen
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 5:30 am |
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(From the "Ruminations" page of my website)
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Our oldest daughter has been profoundly mentally retarded since she was an infant, and institutionalized since the age of nine, so I guess that's why I remember this incident as if it happened yesterday. About 1961, my wife and I were at an amusement park where JOHNNY CASH and his band were performing on an outdoor stage with a large crowd of fans gathered around in front of the stage. We noticed a little girl about eight years old, who was obviously mentally disabled from Down's Syndrome, who kept trying unsuccessfully to get up close enough to see the show. The crowd had not noticed that they were pushing her back, but CASH did. He stopped singing right in the middle of a phrase, stopped the band, and asked for someone to bring the little girl to the stage. He then sat down on the floor with her on his lap, and did a song just for her while her little upturned face beamed like the sun. I don't know Johnny Cash, and have never even met him, but in the years since that incident happened I have never seen or heard his name mentioned anywhere without remembering what he did for that little girl and thinking what a kind, gentle and compassionate person he must be.
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 7:04 am
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| Beautiful story. Thank you. |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 11:30 am
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Same here, Gene ! I like stories like that !
Renews my faith in mankind !!
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Glenn Austin
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 12:26 pm
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| That's a nice story. CMT is going to broadcast Johnny Cash tonight. An Austin City Limits concert, and a show taped in a prison, of all places. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 2:07 pm
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| I believe I just heard today is his 70th birthday. |
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Martin Abend
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 2:54 pm
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yep
I "terrorised" my office today with my entire cash-collection at full volume. He's one of my heroes.
NP: Cocaine Blues
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