confirmed by his son, Johnny Nash Jr., who shared that elder Nash died of natural causes at his home in Houston, Texas. Before he became an iconic figure on the music scene, Nash started singing as a child at Progressive New Hope Baptist Church in Houston.
He later crossed over to pop music in the 1950s before launching the JAD label in New York in 1965. He made his major label debut in 1957 with the single, “A Teenager Sings the Blues,” before his later chart-topping song, “I Can See Clearly Now,” hit the airwaves in 1972.Nash reportedly wrote the hit single while recovering from cataract surgery, and used it as a personal triumph story for overcoming hard times.
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