Oh that one.
I thought this was about the north London gangster Johnny Nash
I was born in Newfoundland. My grandfather was born there while it was still a colony of England, and in my family tree on my dad's side, there are only Englishmen and Englishwomen as far as the eye can see - Mugford's, Small's, Dunford's, Avey's...the list goes on and on.
Lately, I think England is more batshit than Canada. If that's even possible. I hate to say that I'm almost ashamed to be English.
But after reading your post, I was reminded that - for a long time throughout history - the English were a rough and tumble people. At one point, the controllers of a quarter of the entire globe.
English gangster Johnny Nash isn't still alive, is he? If so, he must be pushing 90...
Also, for a second, I thought this thread was about Johnny Cash, and I was like "WTF?"
He was great in "Columbo":
I was also reminded of Canadian musician Nash the Slash [Jeff Plewman], who died in 2014:
