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Lewis was born in 1935 to the poor farming familyof Elmo and Mamie Lewis in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, ineastern Louisiana. In his youth, he began playing piano with two ofhis cousins, Mickey Gilley (later a popular country musicsinger) and Jimmy Swaggart (later a popular televisionevangelist).
Thereof, did Jerry Lee Lewis have a stroke recently?
Joseph Hudak's Most Recent Stories Jerry Lee Lewis, who suffered a minorstroke in February, is expected to make a full recovery,according to a release. After suffering a minor stroke lastmonth, Jerry Lee Lewis has been moved from a hospital to arehabilitation facility to further histreatment.
Subsequently, one may also ask, did Jerry Lee Lewis stay married to his cousin?
Jerry Lee Lewis had already gone through twomarriages by 1957; he'd married Jane Mitcham, hissecond wife, 23 days before his divorce from hisfirst wife, Dorothy Barton, was final. On December 12, 1957,Jerry married his third cousin, Myra GaleBrown.
J. D. Davis's enthralling new biography of famouscousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley,born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during theGreat Depression, draws from exhaustive research and personalconnections with friends and family.