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Johnny died due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure, said Cash's manager, Lou Robin, in a press release issued by Baptist Hospital in Nashville. I hope that friends and fans of Johnny will pray for the Cash family to find comfort during this very difficult time, Robin said.
Cash finished his career with 377 home runs, all but four of them with the Tigers. He blasted four mammoth homers over and out of Tiger Stadium. 25 years ago, in 1986, Cash died when he drowned in the waters off of Beaver Island in northern Michigan. One of the all-time fan favorites of Tiger faithful, broadcaster Ernie Harwell gave Cash the nickname âStorminâ Normanâ, and few other labels have ever been more appropriate for the package.