Johnny Cash's 60s Mansion Burns, Burns, Burns

The longtime home where the late singer wrote much of his music was destroyed by a fire Tuesday.

The nearly 14,000-square-foot home that Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash shared from the 60's until they died in 2003 has been destroyed by a fire. The cause of the fire is unknown, but reports are that flames spread quickly because construction workers had just applied a flammable preservative to the outside of the home. The lakeside home was where Cash wrote many of his famous songs and entertained US presidents and music VIPs. But now there is nothing left of the home except a steel frame and brick fireplaces. "So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house — everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house," said singer Marty Stuart, who lives next door and was married to Cash's daughter, Cindy, in the 1980s. The road where the house was located was once a quiet country lane, and it was also the site where the video for Cash's song "Hurt" was shot. Actor Kris Kirstofferson once landed a helicopter on Cash's lawn to pitch him a song idea. "It was a sanctuary and a fortress for him," Stuart said. "There was a lot of writing that took place there."