Dad, your childlike spirit and humor are what I love most about you. You have an unusual innocence for a man of seventy, as well as a severely wicked streak of the practical joker. You are a Baptist with the soul of a mystic, a farm boy with the heart of a great artist. You have been all things to me at some times, and one thing at all times: Father. Happy Birthday, Congratulations on a long and completely original career, and I love you. 

Rosanne Cash

Born: February 26, 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, United States
Died: September 12, 2003, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, Tennessee, United States