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Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died in 1973, at the age of 19, when the Jeep he was driving overturned. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] His third marriage was to 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown , his first cousin once removed, on December 12, 1957. [ 76 ]
Lewis was born on March 16, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. [4] [5] His parents were Daniel "Danny" Levitch (1902–1980), a master of ceremonies and vaudevillian who performed under the stage name Danny Lewis, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire to New York, and Rachael "Rae" Levitch (née Brodsky; 1904–1982), a WOR radio pianist and Danny ...
An autopsy will not be conducted for Lewis, 91, who had a history of heart issues during his life. Lewis first suffered a heart attack in 1960 when he was 34 years old, and suffered at least two ...
Jerry Lewis, the brash slapstick comic who teamed up with Dean Martin in the 1950s and later starred in “The Nutty Professor”, has died in Las Vegas at 91. Jerry Lewis, comedy legend, dies at ...
Lewis would still play the old hits on stage, but on the radio he would sing country. Lewis had a run of top 10 country hits between 1967-70, and hardly mellowed at all.
On December 12, 1957, at the age of 13, Myra Brown married Jerry Lee Lewis, then 22, in Hernando, Mississippi. [3] [2] When Lewis arrived in London for a 37-date tour in May 1958, Brown revealed to a reporter at the airport that she was his wife. [4] Lewis asserted that Brown was 15 years old and was his wife of two months.
Stars and other notables react to the death of Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock ‘n’ roll star died Friday at age 87. Thank you for your trailblazing inspiration and all the rock ‘n’ roll memories.
Jerry Lewis: 159,486 62% Tim Prince 99,214 38% 2010: Jerry Lewis: 127,857 63% Pat Meagher 74,394 37% References External links. Official website; Appearances on C ...