<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>A moment of silence for the co-writer of the classic "Ring of Fire."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/obituaries/16CASH.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/obituaries/16CASH.html</A>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm a huge Johnny Cash fan, and June Carter added much to his music and life. Several years ago, at my daughter's West Village school, I shared a table with Rosanne Cash (whose kid was in the same school) as we hawked our books for the Christmas fair. She told me stories about Johnny and June which were so fascinating that I didn't care that we drew so little attention from passersby, the majority of whom crowded at Anna Quindlen's table, who held court with her signature humility.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>DP</DIV></BODY></HTML>