NEW YORK (AP) -- "Johnny Cash In His Own Words," a memoir based on conversations with the country star shortly before his death, is coming out in December from Random House.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Filmmaker Mari-Lynn Evans interviewed Cash in July for a documentary she was making about the Appalachians. She said the conversation lasted three hours and included the country singer's thoughts about his life and career. The book is a written version of that discussion.
Cash, 71, died Sept. 12 of respiratory failure caused by complications from diabetes.
"He gave so much more ... than we ever could have used in that film. We just couldn't bear to leave it on the editing room floor," Evans, whose documentary will air on PBS next spring, said in a statement issued Friday by Random House.
The book will include a foreword by longtime friend Kris Kristofferson, and a compact disc featuring 30 minutes of interview highlights, excerpts from two songs and a complete version of "Forty Shades of Green."
Posted by MK Magazine at October 21, 2003 09:00 PM