Goodness gracious great balls of fire ☄️

The man who married a 13 year old ummmm

I hadn't realised he was still with us .....
Oh dear.

He isn’t anymore!

Snuffed it!

His 3 year old son drowned in a pool and then his third wife also drowned in a swimming pool, strangely his fourth wife took an overdose and died a few months into the marriage The 13 year old was his cousin !!!
A nasty piece of work I think

Dunno about all that but I love his music.

Crikey! What a backstory!

I didn't know any of that! Blimey!

He was also pronounced dead a couple of days ago which was then refuted!

Didn’t know he had such a murky background. Great music though.

He was handy with a gun, apparently abused most of his seven wives the death of one of them was possibly murder He was done for tax evasion he’s also believe to have married at least twice bigamously he was about as nasty as you could find anyone
Won’t be missed by me for sure

A nasty piece of work sums him up accurately I think.
I never liked his music either.

He had to cut short a tour in the uk because of this story.

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerry-lee-lewis-drops-a-bombshell-in-london

I wish I hadn’t started this thread

No never regret opening the door to the truth.

NanKate

I wish I hadn’t started this thread

Oh dear.

Never mind, thanks for telling us NanKate

MerylStreep

He had to cut short a tour in the uk because of this story.

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerry-lee-lewis-drops-a-bombshell-in-london

I remember that, MerylStreep and being horrified because I was 13 at the time.

NanKate

I wish I hadn’t started this thread

NanKate your thread title brought back a very funny (to me) memory from an English Literature class at grammar school. We were ‘dissecting’ Withering Heights. One sentence read ‘Well! But why, Mr. Earnshaw?’.

The teacher said the housekeeper was using ‘Well’ to express surprise and asked for a modern day example. My friend in the desk behind me piped up ‘Great balls of fire Mr. Earnshaw!’

Collapse of 20 little girls in fits of giggles

Thank you for the memory NanKate

Both Elvis and John Lennon recognised his musical talent and that's good enough for me. His private life is not relevant to that.

Good musician, though. I never knew all that nasty stuff and I am glad about that.

Chestnut

Both Elvis and John Lennon recognised his musical talent and that's good enough for me. His private life is not relevant to that.

These opinions are how how so many abusers get away with abusing. Thankfully these opinions are questioned now . Still a way way to go it seems though. Being talented and clever doesn’t excuse you being abusive.
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Granniesunite

Chestnut

Both Elvis and John Lennon recognised his musical talent and that's good enough for me. His private life is not relevant to that.

These opinions are how how so many abusers get away with abusing. Thankfully these opinions are questioned now . Still a way way to go it seems though. Being talented and clever doesn’t excuse you being abusive.
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No-one is excusing him being abusive. My comment related to his musical talent and nothing else. It's up to people who knew him or knew what he did to question and challenge his private life.

If that was the case Chestnut Gary glitter wouldn’t be in prison and Jimmy Saville would still be an icon …. since when does talent excuse behaviour ?
It’s upsetting that someone can live such an abusive life but people excuse the behaviour because they are ‘talented’

I m sorry you feel I ve spoilt your thread for you nankate but these things should never be swept under the carpet
A person is not defined by their talent alone but by the whole way they live their life surely and in this man’s case it wasn’t just a one off mistake

It's up to people who knew him or knew what he did to question and challenge his private life that’s just it chestnut people don’t because often the talent overrides the behaviour in peoples minds, it then becomes an excuse

I m not sorry I ve brought this up it’s needs talking about, it needs being out in the open, talent can never override abuse

Thank you to those who understood that I didn’t mean to cause offence. ?