Jerry Lee Lewis, Influential & Controversial Rock Musician, Dies At 87 10/29/2022 by Jacob Linden Uinterview Judith M. Brown An Audience with the Killer: Jerry Lee Lewis Talks the Road, Drag Racing with Elvis and the Meaning of Rock ‘n’ Roll ...
Lewis said “I Do” to Judith Brown on March 9 in Natchez, Mississippi,CNN reports. Brown was married to Lewis’ cousin Rusty Brown, a drummer who played with the piano prodigy since they were kids. Rusty is Myra’s older brother. Got all that? Best known for rockabilly hits like “Wh...
American rock and roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis with his third wife Myra, who he married at age 13, photographed following his arrival in the UK. 8th May 1962. (Photo by Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) Over the following decades, Lewis struggled with drug and alcohol abuse...
Watch Jerry Lee Lewis Talk to the Media in 1958 Myra confirmed that “all of Jerry’s managers told him, ‘Do not take Myra to England,’ because the British press was known to rip Americans apart – that’s where all the tabloid journalism started. Everyone underestimated me being aware ...
He became an international star, and when he arrived in London for a 1958 tour, he stepped off the plane accompanied by his new wife, Myra Gale Brown, who was 13 years old and Lewis’ third cousin. Lewis, who was 22 years old, told the press that Brown was 15, but reporters discove...
Along the way, though, his career was checked with scandal and mishap, often self-generated. His first flush of fame imploded on a 1958 UK tour when it was revealed that his companion and wife Myra was his cousin and only 13 years old (not 15, as Lewis claimed)...
While at Sun Studios, Lewis was part of what was dubbed the "Million Dollar Quartet" along with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. Lewis' career wasn't without controversy when it was discovered that his third wife, Myra Gale Brown, was his 13-year-old cousin. The news led to...
While at Sun Studios, Lewis was part of what was dubbed the "Million Dollar Quartet" along with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. Lewis' career wasn't without controversy when it was discovered that his third wife, Myra Gale Brown, was his 13-year-old cousin. The news led to...
Jerry Lee Lewis is survived by his wife, Judith Coghlan Lewis, his children Jerry Lee Lewis III, Ronnie Lewis, Pheobe Lewis and Lori Lancaster, sister Linda Gail Lewis, cousin Jimmy Swaggart and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Elmo and Mamie ...
“He was one of the first people to play an electric bass. J.W. and his wife, Lois, made a home for Jerry, Jane and Jerry Lee Jr. there in Memphis. A little later on, when Jerry started going out on the road, the Browns’ daughter, Myra, Jerry’s third cousin, would baby-...