NAMES IN THE NEWS : Cash Faces Oral Surgery Today
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Entertainer Johnny Cash, in pain from a dental operation, left midway through a taping of a television program and will undergo oral surgery, a spokesman said.
Cash left the Grand Ole Opry House on Wednesday night three hours into the 4 1/2-hour show being taped for cable television’s The Nashville Network.
Spokesman Hugh Waddell said Cash, 57, went to Baptist Hospital, where doctors determined that he needed further treatment. The surgery was scheduled for today.
The taping was finished without Cash, known for his records “A Boy Named Sue” and “I Walk the Line.” The show, a tribute to veteran country music broadcaster Ralph Emery, will be broadcast March 8.
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