Back to Risk-Taking Rockers
Jerry Lee Lewis Marries 13 Year Old
YouTube
Sticking to your guns doesn't always mean what you're doing is right. In 1958, 22-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis fell in love with Myra Gale Brown, his first cousin once removed, and married her -- despite the fact that she was only 13. When the news went public, his songs were blacklisted from radio airplay and he stopped getting lucrative gigs. The marriage, however, lasted 13 years and produced two children. The rock legend is now married for the seventh time to a woman who just happens to be his cousin's ex-wife.
