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18 mag 2024 · Lewis's career was marked by both triumph and controversy. His marriage to his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale Brown in 1957 caused a national scandal and nearly derailed his career. However, he managed to overcome these setbacks and continued to perform and record for decades, influencing countless other musicians along the way.
8 mag 2024 · Myra Lewis Williams, also known as Myra Gale Brown, was Jerry Lee Lewis’s third wife and—more famously—his 13-year-old cousin at the time they married. So, what became of her? Williams, who is 78, said in 2016 that she has always been “right here,” but it looks like she broke up with her famous ex-husband after 2015.
3 mag 2024 · Myra Gale Brown reflected on how differing worldviews have changed our perception of child marriage since the 1950s and ’60s: “If you say to me now, ‘there’s a 13-year-old girl over here who wants to get married,’ I would say ‘God, please do not do that, little girl.
10 mag 2024 · Lewis was near the peak of his popularity in 1958 when the public learned that he had married Myra Gale Brown, his first cousin. She was 13 at the time; Lewis was 22. News of the marriage leaked in London, where Lewis had flown to play some concerts.
11 mag 2024 · Myra Gale Brown’s marriage to Jerry Lee Lewis at just 13 years old stirred a scandal that almost destroyed his career. Despite facing public condemnation and tumultuous years, Myra reflects on their complex relationship.
3 mag 2024 · But just as his career was taking off, a shocking controversy would threaten everything Lewis had worked for. The story that rocked Lewis’ career. In 1958 it was revealed that Lewis, 22, had married his first cousin once removed – Myra Gale Brown, who was only 13 at the time.
4 giorni fa · A wide-eyed girl in Lewis's entourage answered: Myra Gale Brown, his wife. But she was only 13 years old. As if this wasn’t scandal enough… she was also his cousin, and their marriage was bigamous.
