Tommy Money, Nation Singer & Johnny Money’s Brother, Dies at 84

Tommy Cash, a country singer and the more youthful brother of Johnny Cash, has died. He was once 84.

The scoop of Tommy’s passing was once showed on Saturday (Sept. 14) in a social media publish via the Johnny Money Museum in Nashville.

“We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash,” reads a observation on Instagram from Icon Leisure CEO Invoice Miller, who based the museum.

A explanation for death was once now not supplied at press age.

Tommy died on Friday, only one life later the twenty first per annum of overdue nation track icon Jonny Money, who passed away on Sept. 12, 2003, from headaches of diabetes.

“Tommy Cash was a loyal supporter of the Johnny Cash Museum and a very beloved member of our extended family as well as a highly respected member of the music industry,” Miller added. “This great man will be deeply missed by his friends and many loyal fans around the world. Please keep Tommy’s beloved wife, Marcy and his family in your prayers.”

Tommy was once born in Dyess, Ark., on April 5, 1940. Following the creative trail of his used brother, Tommy enlisted within the U.S. Military and labored as a radio DJ for the Armed Forces, and then carried out as a musician with Hank Williams Jr.‘s band.

Tommy’s solo track occupation started to go away later scoring his first document offer in 1965. 3 years then, he spared his debut book, Right here’s Tommy Money, and scored his first govern 10 on Billboard‘s Scorching Nation Songs in 1970 with “Six White Horses,” a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The monitor, which reached Negative. 4, was once then lined via nation superior Waylon Jennings.

Tommy scored two extra govern 10 hits on Scorching Nation Songs in 1970 with “Rise and Shine” and “One Song Away.” He went on to accomplish as a musician over the many years, teaming up together with his bulky brother Johnny on “Guess Things Happen That Way” in 1990.

“He performed around the world throughout his career, carrying on the Cash legacy long after his brother, Johnny Cash, passed in 2003,” Miller concluded in his observation.

See the Johnny Money Museum’s announcement about Tommy Money’s demise on Instagram here.