Legendary musician Jerry Lee Lewis’ marriage to 13-year-old Myra Brown
On December 12, 1957, rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis stunned the nation by marrying 13-year-old Myra Brown. The news of their marriage spread like wildfire and fans were unhappy with the relationship. Fans stopped going to Lewis’s concerts and their marriage became a hot topic of discussion in the media.
Although Lewis’ personal life had always been controversial, his marriage to Myra Brown was the most devastating. Initially, Lewis told media outlets that Brown was 15 years of age, but while touring the UK, the media learned about Brown’s real age and called Lewis a “baby snatcher.” This led British people to cancel their tickets to Lewis’s concerts without any uncertainty.
The incident marred Lewis’s rock and roll career and Brown faced a lot of questions about her marriage. The public remained anti-Lewis and his ticket prices dropped monumentally. The story of their turbulent marriage will be featured on ID’s ‘Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?’ The episode, titled ‘The Child Bride,’ will air on the network on Monday, December 18, at 9 p.m. ET.
After 13 years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1970. Myra Brown remarried shortly after the divorce. Reports indicate that she married for the third time in 1984 and became a real estate agent living with her husband in Duluth, Florida.
Myra Brown has penned two books discussing his relationship with Jerry Lee Lewis. In an interview discussing her marriage with Lewis, she noted that she never lost the child bride title. Meanwhile, a feature film based on their life, titled ‘Great Balls of Fire,’ 1989, starred Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis and Winona Ryder as Myra Brown.
The news of their marriage and its aftermath will be featured in an upcoming episode of ID’s ‘Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?’ The episode, titled ‘The Child Bride,’ will air on the network on Monday, December 18, at 9 p.m. ET.