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You’d probably not be surprised if I told you the singer Johnny Cash didn’t go by his birth name. What might surprise you is that Cash was the name he was born with; Johnny wasn’t. His mom and dad couldn’t agree on a name, so he went by “J.R.” for years. When he joined the Air Force in 1950, the recruiter wouldn’t accept initials. That’s when he settled on the name John. Staff Sargeant Cash was serving at Lackland Air Force Base, transcribing Morse code messages when Joseph Stalin died. So, he was probably the first American to learn the Soviet leader was gone. He was arrested seven times, for public drunkenness, reckless driving, drug possession, and even for picking flowers. In the late 1970’s, "The Man in Black" received a degree in theology and became a minister. He never had his own congregation, but he did preside at his daughter’s wedding.