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June Carter Cash

June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 — May 15, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. An outstanding country music performer, she is especially known as a member of the family musical group the Carter Family and for her collaboration with her husband, singer Johnny Cash. The future singer's mother, Maybelle Carter, performed as part of the popular musical trio the Carter Family, so June was raised in a musical environment and was surrounded by country music from early childhood. At a very young age, she and her sisters also became members of this family group and began performing and recording with it. In 1943, the group broke up, and June, along with her mother and sisters, began performing as the Carter Sisters and Mother. Over the course of her career, the performer won a Grammy music award several times. In 2009, she was posthumously inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame.