Hanginon OP t1_iu7d6gq wrote
Reply to comment by bharatchipkar6 in Jerry Lee Lewis, Rock Pioneer and ‘Great Balls of Fire’ Singer, Dies at 87 by Hanginon
She was 13, lied about her age as being 15, and was his second cousin. It was in 1957, his 3rd marriage, and he was 22. His whole family and life story is way weirder than fiction.
Over the top Baton Rouge Pentecostal evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is also his cousin.
Skippymabob t1_iu86u18 wrote
Not to be pedantic, but she was his Cousin Once Removed.
Second cousin = your parents cousins kids
Cousin once removed = your cousins kids (or your parents cousins, as the "removed" goes both ways)
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bharatchipkar6 t1_iu7de4b wrote
It’s quite telling when the most shocking thing about a person isn’t they had been married 3 times by age of 22. Not many ways to top that.
SirGlenn t1_iu97qtb wrote
I had an under age girl lie to me about her age. I guess girls just want to have fun?
theluckyfrog t1_iu9ha9p wrote
He totally knew her age, though; she was his relative.
It was the press she was lying to, and they figured it out approximately immediately.
He beat her, too.
darkknightnate t1_iu9jzay wrote
As was the style at the time.
Hanginon OP t1_iu98uxx wrote
Used to see that a lot, used to but still do.
Ask any bouncer, or someone backstage after a rock & roll concert and you'll find it's pretty common. :/
psuedonymously t1_iua3jhj wrote
If only it were possible to somehow check the ages of 13 year olds before letting them backstage. Or marrying them. Oh well.
Hanginon OP t1_iua547g wrote
It seems to be a common "issue" with rock & roll/pop musicians. Elvis was 24 and 'dating' 14 year old Priscilla, 23 year old Iggy Pop was sleeping with 13 year old groupie Sable Star, Jimmy Page was 28 when traveling with and having -sex- a relationship with 14 year old Lori Maddox. That's just the shortest of lists of offenders and offenses, R. Kelly anyone?
But then of course like everything else, Jerry Lee is going to take it a bit farther than almost anyone else.
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