The late nice Johnny Money is fortunate he discovered the Lord and real love – as a result of he absolutely would have self-destructed in any other case.
In line with a cache of secret correspondence – hidden for many years by his former supervisor, Saul Holiff, The Man in Black was deep into medicine, booze, unrestrained lust and legal conduct far past something beforehand reported.
Holiff, who dedicated suicide at age 80 in 2005, had tucked away a trove of non-public letters, audiotapes and diary entries in a storage locker.
Opened after Holiff’s dying and now revealed in a surprising new guide, The Man Who Carried Money, by Julie Chadwick, the proof proved the nation legend was a very tortured soul.
“Johnny’s drug downside was much more intense than as portrayed in movies like Stroll the Line,” mentioned Chadwick.
Holiff grew to become Money’s supervisor in 1960 and steered his consumer towards superstardom. Alongside the best way, nevertheless, he bore witness to Johnny’s darkish facet and the downward spiral that threatened to finish his profession – and his life.