Mickey Gilley

===Personal life===
Gilley's first wife was Geraldine Garrett, whom he married in 1953 (when he was 17 years old); they divorced in 1961. She was the mother of three of his four children (Keith Ray, Michael, and Kathy). She died on March 6, 2010. Gilley's second wife, whom he married in 1962, was Vivian McDonald. Together they had a son, Gregory (1966–2022). She died in 2019.<ref name=Unconquered/> Mickey and Cindy Loeb, his longtime friend and business associate, were married in June 2020. Gilley was double first cousins with both [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and evangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]] of [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].

In July 2009, Gilley was helping a neighbor move some furniture when he fell with the [[love seat]] falling on top of him, crushing four vertebrae. The incident left him temporarily paralyzed from the neck down, but after intense physical therapy he was able to walk again and return to the stage a year later. However, he still lacked the hand-eye coordination necessary to play the piano.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=William Michael|title=The Comeback Cowboy|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2012-02-02/music/mickey-gilley-returns-to-stage/|work=Houston Press|access-date=September 19, 2012}}</ref>

Gilley died on May 7, 2022, of complications from bone cancer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ky3.com/2022/05/09/branson-mourns-passing-country-legend-mickey-gilley-more-details-what-led-his-death/ | title=Branson mourns passing of country legend Mickey Gilley; more details on what led to his death | date=May 9, 2022 }}</ref>