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Apr 2022
40m 4s

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Johnny...

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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Johnny Cash, “The Man in Black,” said he wore all black on behalf of the poor and hungry, the old who were neglected, “the “prisoner who has long paid for his crime,” and those betrayed by drugs. As a man who had grown up dirt poor, struggled his whole life with addiction, was thrown in jail seven times, and found himself in the proverbial wilderness during ... Show More
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