Vivian Liberto Cash Distin was an American homemaker, author and the first wife of singer Johnny Cash. She was born on April 23, 1934, in San Antonio, Texas to Irene Robinson Liberto and Thomas Peter Liberto.
Vivian was always dedicated to her family and growth of her children, During her last years, she co-authored her autobiography titled, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny. It was the only book she wrote which described her 13-year long marriage and bittersweet memories with Johnny Cash.
Vivian was a three-term president of the Garden Club of San Buenaventura apart from her volunteering for the country hospital and home for unwed mothers in Los Angeles, among other charities.
On August 7, 1954, Liberto and Cash married at St.Ann’s Roman Catholic church in San Antonio, one month after his discharge from the Air Force. Together they had four children, Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara. The couple then divorced in 1966 after 12 years of marriage.
Vivian Liberto Net Worth
There was no information on Vivian Liberto’s net worth. According to reports, she lived a comfortable life before she passed on.
Nationality
Vivian Liberto is an American
Book
she co-authored her autobiography titled, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny. It was the only book she wrote which described the chronicle of her first love, long-kept secrets, betrayal, forgiveness and the Truth told at last by Johnny Cash’s first wife, the mother of his four daughters.
Heritage
Vivian Liberto was an Italian-American, but, she looked like a black woman in certain photographs, which led to threats from white supremacist groups.
Death
Vivian Liberto died on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Memorial Community Hospital in Ventura. She died of complications of lung cancer surgery.