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I'm not sure that's entirely true: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODM4MzkyNzVmMjhhYWM0NWM2OWRkNDE5OGVhMmJhYTc= http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODM4M
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
I'm not sure that's entirely true:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODM4MzkyNzVmMjhhYWM0NWM2OWRkNDE5OGVhMmJhYTc= http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODM4MzkyNzVmMjhhYWM0NWM...
One of the first media sensations ever to impinge upon my consciousness was the visit to Britain by rock star Jerry Lee Lewis in May 1958, four months before Lolita’s American debut. This was supposed to be a concert tour, but 22-year-old Jerry had brought his wife Myra along, and the British press got wind of the fact that Myra was only 13. This wasn’t an unusual thing in the south of that time; Jerry himself had first been wed at 15 (when he already had a drinking problem). Myra was his third wife, and also his second cousin once removed. Back then country people grew up fast and close to their kin. Neither Jerry nor Myra could understand what the fuss was about. He: “I plumb married the girl, didn’t I?” She: “Back home you can marry at 10, if you can find a husband.” (This was not true, even in the south, though Myra likely believed it. She also, according to the British press, believed in Santa Claus.) It didn’t help that Jerry’s new record was titled High School Confidential.