Rock star Jerry Lee Lewis secretly marries 13-year-old cousin 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1957)


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(Thursday, December 12, 1957, 1:10 p.m. CST) — Rock star Jerry Lee Lewis, 22, secretly married 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown, his first cousin once removed, today in Hernando, Mississippi, before his divorce from his second wife, Jane Mitchum, was completed.

The marriage was kept secret until the couple arrived in Britain on May 22, 1958, for a six-week tour. The tour was cancelled after only three concerts.

Back home in the U.S., Lewis was blacklisted from radio and essentially vanished from the music scene for a time.