How Many Times Was Jerry Lee Lewis Married?

Investigation Discovery’s Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry plans to re-examine the tumultuous marriage between Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Brown. Titled ‘The Baby Bride,’ the episode will delve deeper and are available ahead with stunning particulars about how their marriage ended. The upcoming episode will air on the community on Monday, December 18, 2023, at 9 p.m. ET.

Jerry Lee Lewis was thought-about to be the following huge factor in rock and roll after Elvis Presley. He sang and composed many songs and received 4 Grammys all through his profession. He was adored by followers, however every part modified when he married a 13-year-old lady named Myra Brown. Though this was not his first marriage, it was undoubtedly essentially the most talked about.

All through his life, the musician acquired married seven occasions and fathered six youngsters. A few of his relationships ended on a bitter observe, whereas others on mutual phrases.

Jerry Lee Lewis’ marriages explored

Jerry Lee Lewis began changing into a well-liked determine in music trade within the Fifties. Within the first half of the last decade, Lewis was in a relationship with Dorothy Barton and married her in 1952. Nonetheless, their marriage solely lasted till 1953. Inside days of their divorce, Lewis met Jane Mitchum and tied the knot in 1953. Surprisingly, the singer married Mitchum even earlier than his first divorce was finalized.

Only one 12 months after their separation, Jerry Lee Lewis met Myra Brown and married her in 1957. Nonetheless, their relationship strained when everybody realized that Myra was simply 13. Lewis’ skilled profession took a giant dent after the wedding and issues turned worse when the media began circulating that he married his first cousin as soon as eliminated (Myra). Initially, they’d a wholesome relationship, however Lewis’ drug habit difficult their marriage. After 12 years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1970. They’d two youngsters.

After Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis married Jane Elizabeth Gunn Pate and welcomed one daughter collectively. Sadly, Jane died in 1982. Lewis went on to marry three extra ladies—Shawn Stephens, Kerrie McCarver, and Judith Brown—and died in October 2022.