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NOVEMBER 2016 Volume 47 Number 11 Issue 561
Editor Duncan Warwick
Contributors David Allan , Janet Aspley , Donnie Ayers , Craig Baguley , Larry Delaney , Don Cusic , Julie Flaskett , Kelly Gregory , Michael Hingston , Spencer Leigh , John Lomax III , , Douglas McPherson , Stephen O ’ Hanlon , Rob Patterson , Roland Purdy , Adrian Peel , Paul Riley , Wayne Smart , Chris Smith , Danielle Smith , Alison Stokes , Tom Travis , Walt Trott
Special projects coordinator Kelly Gregory
Photographers Helen Parish , Patricia Presley , Ian Tilbury , Barry Dixon , Billie McAleer
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News
The suspect in the murder of singer Tommy Cash ’ s granddaughter Courtney Cash ( above ) and an assault on her live-in boyfriend William
Guilty plea
Second time around
Walt Trott in Nashville Duncan Warwick in London
A . Johnson , has pleaded guilty . Wayne Masciarella of Cape May , N . J ., entered his plea on a first-degree murder charge , during a Sept . 13 hearing in Putnam County Circuit Court , Tenn ., on the 2014 stabbing death of Cash , then 23 , her body stuffed into a cedar box . Masciarella , who allegedly held the couple captive in their home for days , fled after the fatal altercation , and was arrested in Cookeville , Tenn . Reportedly Johnson had fled from a window in a back room , carrying his and Courtney ’ s year-old baby ( Cameron ). According to sources , there are some discrepancies in Johnson ’ s recall of the tragedy , notably that when Masciarella forcibly injected them with meth , Johnson had not previously used the drug ; however , reports indicate he tested positive to meth some 10 days earlier . No word yet on a trial date . ( Tommy Cash , of course , is known for hits like Six White Horses , and as the younger brother of the late Johnny Cash .)
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Ex-child star Billy Gilman , who excited country fans in his pre-teens with the single One Voice , proved a hit competing Sept . 20 on NBC-TV ’ s reality series The Voice , bringing the show ’ s four judges to their feet to cheer his cover of Adele ’ s song When We Were Young . The judges were Miley Cyrus , Adam Noah Levine , Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton ( who didn ’ t recognise him at first , but had once shared a stage with Billy ). Despite three Top 10 albums , Gilman , now 28 , apparently got lost in the shuffle when his voice changed . Cyrus knew it was the same Gilman , who opened shows for her dad Billy Ray in his heyday , and offered to coach him now : “ I ’ ve seen you . I ’ d love to help you now become the new Billy , because I had to make that decision and I know how I want people to see me .” Still , Billy opted for Levine to take him under his wing . Meantime viewer LeAnn Rimes , also a former child star , Tweeted : “ So proud of you my friend ! @ Billy Gilman , you made me cry yet again . # TheVoicePremiere .”
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