Jerry Lee Lewis

===Relationships and children===
Lewis was married seven times, including bigamous marriages and a marriage with his underage cousin.<ref name="Seven">{{Cite news |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Cousin's ex becomes Jerry Lee Lewis's 7th wife |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402010500/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had six children during his marriages.

When Jerry Lee Lewis was 16, he married Dorothy Barton, the daughter of a preacher.<ref name=Cramer1984>{{Cite magazine |last=Cramer |first=Richard Ben |date=March 1, 1984 |title=The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-strange-and-mysterious-death-of-mrs-jerry-lee-lewis-179980/4/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 27, 2022|page=4}}</ref> The union lasted from February 1952 to October 1953.<ref name="PEOPLE">{{Cite magazine |last=Jerome |first=Jim |date=April 24, 1978 |title=Fame, Tragedy and Fame Again: Jerry Lee Lewis Has Been Through Great Balls of Fire, Otherwise Known as Hell |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070691,00.html |magazine=People |access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>

Lewis's second marriage to Sally Jane Mitcham in September 1953, was of dubious validity because it occurred 23 days before his divorce from Barton was final. They had two children: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. (1954–1973) and Ronnie Guy Lewis (b. 1956). After four years, he filed for divorce in October 1957. Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died in 1973, at the age of 19, when the Jeep he was driving overturned.<ref name="PEOPLE" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Jeff |date=June 18, 2000 |title=Jerry Lee Is Still Burnin' Down the House |work=Sunday Free Lance Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapersid%3Dsu8yAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6568%2C4893058 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173510/https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en |url-status=live }}</ref> 

His third marriage was to 13-year-old [[Myra Gale Brown]], his [[first cousin once removed]], on December 12, 1957.<ref>{{harvnb|Bonomo|2009|pages=19}}</ref> His divorce from Jane Mitcham was not finalized before the ceremony took place, so he remarried Brown on June 4, 1958.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |date=May 20, 1994 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis's short-lived music success |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/05/20/jerry-lee-lewiss-short-lived-music-success/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> They had two children: Steve Allen Lewis (1959–1962) and Phoebe Allen Lewis (b. 1963). Brown was only 14 years old when their son was born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' teenage bride speaks out: 'I was the adult and Jerry was the child' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030205937/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1962, Steve Allen Lewis drowned in a swimming pool accident at the age of 3.<ref name="PEOPLE" /> In 1970, Brown filed for divorce on the grounds of [[adultery]] and [[Domestic violence|abuse]],<ref name=":3" /> stating that she had been "subject to every type of [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[Psychological abuse|mental abuse]] imaginable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Light |first=Alan |date=May 1, 2017 |title=Ballad of the 13-Year-Old Bride |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |website=Medium.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111947/https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

His fourth marriage was to Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate, from October 1971 to June 8, 1982. Pate drowned in a swimming pool at the home of a friend with whom she was staying, several weeks before divorce proceedings could be finalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1982 |title=Lewis' Wife Dies in Pool |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215,2121527 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121104245/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215%2C2121527 |url-status=live }}</ref> They had one daughter, Lori Lee Lewis (b. 1972).

Mary Kathy "K.K." Jones of [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], testified in court during Lewis's income [[tax evasion]] trial in 1984 that she lived with him from 1980 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Amanda |date=October 16, 1984 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' driver told a federal court Tuesday… |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |work=United Press International |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewis's fifth marriage, to Shawn Stephens, lasted 77 days, from June to August 1983, ending with her death<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1983 |title=Jerry's Bride Dies |page=3 |work=Evening Times |location=Glasgow |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103103553/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> from an overdose of [[methadone]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|date=October 28, 2022|title=Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock 'n' Roll Original, Dies at 87|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221028171552/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|archive-date=October 28, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref> Journalist [[Richard Ben Cramer]] alleged that Lewis abused and may have killed her, neither of which was proven.<ref name=Cramer1984/>

His sixth marriage, to Kerrie McCarver, lasted 21 years, from April 1984 to June 2005. They had one child: Jerry Lee Lewis III (b. 1987).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Peter |date=April 2, 2012 |title=Rock 'n' roll king of controversy |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |website=Daily Express |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1993, Lewis moved to [[Ireland]] with his family in what was suggested (but denied) to be a move to avoid issues with the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakeland Ledger |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |website=News Archive Search |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102221612/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |url-status=live }}</ref> He lived in a rented house on Westminster Road in [[Foxrock]], [[Dublin]], and during his time there was sued by the German company Neue Constantin Film Production GmbH for failure to appear at a concert in Munich in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jerry Lee Lewis sued by German company in Irish court |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105427/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis returned to the U.S. in 1997 after his tax issues had been resolved by Irish promoter Kieran Cavanagh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team |url=http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214144048/http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |archive-date=February 14, 2014 |website=Rhythm of the Dance}}</ref>

Lewis lived on a ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]], with his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis FAQ – Nesbit Ranch |url=http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Oldies.about.com |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120416/http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pore-Lee-Dunn Productions |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |website=classicbands.com |access-date=April 14, 2008 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215622/http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Home, Nesbit, Mississippi – Backroads of American Music |url=http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090627085458/http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>

Lewis married his seventh wife, Judith Lewis (née Brown, [[Myra Gale Brown]]'s brother's former wife), on March 9, 2012.<ref name="Seven" /> The next day, Lewis severed business ties with his daughter, Phoebe Lewis-Loftin, who was his manager, and revoked her [[power of attorney]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' Lawsuit Against Daughter Dismissed by Judge |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8510035/jerry-lee-lewis-lawsuit-against-daughter-dismissed-by-judge |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2017, Lewis sued his daughter and her husband Zeke Loftin, claiming that she owed him "substantial sums of money".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amy |first=Jeff |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Judge dismisses most of the suit between Jerry Lee Lewis, family |url=https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |website=Apnews.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111948/https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |url-status=live }}</ref> In the lawsuit, Lewis, his wife Judith Lewis, and his son Jerry Lee Lewis III also claimed Loftin defamed them on [[Facebook]]. Lewis-Loftin and her husband counter-sued, claiming Judith Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis III interfered in the business relationship. In April 2019, U.S. District Judge [[Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.|Neal Biggers]] ruled that most of the claims were barred by a three-year statute of limitations except the defamation claims.<ref name=":1" />{{update inline|date=October 2022}}