Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate will be our focus. We will look at her marriage with Jerry Lewis and her controversila death.
Who was Jerry Lee Lewis? Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate husband.
Lewis died today, 28th October,2022 at the age of 87. He died at Desoto county of Mississippi in the US.
He was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
The musician who was nicknamed the Killer was born on 29th September,1935.
Jerry Lee Lewis is noted and regarded by many as the first ever great wild man of the “rock n’ roll‘.
Lewis is seen as the founder and pioneer of the Rock and roll as well as rockabilly music.
The famous pianist and singer’s first ever recording was “Crazy Arms” which is reported to have produced by Sun Records in 1956.
His first record was a hit, making 300,000 copies sales and by the following year, the musician rose to fame with “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On“.
His name was not just in the South alone like the first album. The 1957 hit catapult him to the whole world and made him a household name.
His success and fame vanished all of a sudden. This was when the singer was embroiled in a marriage with his under age cousin.
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His marriage with Myra Gale Brown who was only 13 years at the time, was like a dagger that brought his fame to a halt.
Who was Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate?
She is the fourth wife of the popular musician.
Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate got married to Lewis in October,1971.
This was a year after, Jerry Lewis divorce with Myra Gale Brown.
Jaren was on a divorce finalizing with Lewis. She had moved out of Jerry Lewis home and was then staying with a friend.
She died in the friends house. She died by drowning during swimming at a pool in the house.
Jaren Elizabeth had stayed for weeks in the house of this friend of hers.
She shared a daughter with Lewis.
The name of the girl that Jaren Elizabeth had with Lewis was born in 1972.
Her name is Lori Lee Lewis.
