1. Johnny Cash Was Posthumously Inducted to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Born into a Southern Baptist family, Johnny spent his entire life professing his Christian faith. Although his life was deeply troubled and marred by divorce, affairs, legal problems, drugs, alcohol, and other woes, in 2010, he was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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