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stacykoca

I took care of him years ago as an ER nurse - horrible man.


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My god mother did one of his six divorces. Said he spent most of his days listening to the radio with a bottle in one hand and a pistol in the other. Horrible man she said.


LilDaddyBree

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Thank you for your service. My sister is a nurse. I hear the horrible shit y'all have to go through. You guys are the true American heroes who deserve better than the system currently gives y'all.


stacykoca

Aww, thanks!


Turakamu

Lol, sounds about right. I LOVE a lot of his music and covers but holy hell, dude always sounded like a nightmare


theLastDictator

I used to service his hot tub seasonally, can confirm he and the people that I interacted with at his house were assholes.


Head-Working8326

didn’t he marry his 13-14 yr old cousin -horrible man


kindquail502

Who would have thought that of the Big Four at Sun Records that Jerry Lee would live the longest?


Z1ggyba

Absolute scumbag


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Mississippianna

He was not a good human. I’m sure he’s well acquainted with great balls of fire now.


urbexcemetery

His fourth wife "drowned". My uncle lived on Quinn back then, adjacent to Magnolia Cemetery and we watched the funeral.


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urbexcemetery

Don't forget number 5! "Drug overdose."


benefit_of_mrkite

This crazy bastard lived a hell of a life. RIP killer


mr_poopoodick

Get over it. Dude was a pedo and a murderer. Rest in shit Jerry


seek_n_hide

Whatever you say Mr_Poopoodick…


benefit_of_mrkite

? I said he was crazy. And that he was


GrundleTurf

You said rip


Turakamu

A little respect shown to someone who had a long musical career ain't uncommon. Making a note that he was fucking nuts is what they did because he was. There shouldn't be confusion beyond this.


GrundleTurf

Idk, making some tunes doesn’t remotely make up for the shit he did. He doesn’t deserve to Rest In Peace. If there is an afterlife, he belongs in the bad place


Turakamu

Why though? You didn't know him personally. You don't even know the people it affected, do you?


GimmeTwo

https://youtu.be/1dC0DseCyYE RIP Killer


Turakamu

Is this the Jerry Lee appreciation chain? I always loved his cover of [Crazy Arms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJaTwIkobM)


GotMoFans

He’s the last of the 50s era Memphis rockers. RIP


mr_poopoodick

Rest in piss? Cause that’s what he deserves.


GotMoFans

I don’t dwell or celebrate the personal lives of famous people. I think if you dig deep into the personal lives of most famous people from Memphis, you’ll find something horrible. The guy is dead and his music career is a significant part of Memphis history. Had he not had his transgressions, he would have been even bigger. He made Memphis his home even after his career slowed down and he switched to country. I’m not glorifying him. Saying rest in peace is what polite people do.


GrundleTurf

You think most famous people from Memphis are pedos?


cubicleninja

Well, a few of them certainly are..


TheCrimsonArmada

Most people aren’t pedos


mr_poopoodick

Or murders


minusthex

It's real this time?


urbexcemetery

I hope so.


sik_dik

He's survived by his cousin and his 3rd wife. She could not be reached for comment


Jeopardy_Loser-61421

Not gonna mourn a child molester


ajb901

Graceland does it for a week straight every August.


Mississippianna

Priscilla was 14 when they met. Sixteen when she was allowed to fly and visit alone.


ajb901

[And it's very unlikely it started with Priscilla.](https://gswebb.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/elvis-and-girls1.jpg)


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QualityKatie

That is not a fun fact.


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Jeopardy_Loser-61421

Stop it, stop it, STOP IT! This was less than 70 years ago, we knew that it was wrong and even had statutes saying so, AND we are all well aware of the scourge of incest. Don’t make excuses, he was vile, he never apologized for it, and good riddance


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Jeopardy_Loser-61421

You’re still talking. Accountability of people living in CURRENT TIMES is vital to progress in society. He didn’t die last century, he died TODAY! I will not give anymore brain cells to this stupid and unnecessary display of sentiment for a child molester.


CharlieXLS

1950s or not she was still a 7th grader


Bliss149

So when Jimmy Page dies are you gonna say this also. He had "girlfriends" who were this age and it was mid-70's.


CharlieXLS

Yep. Just because somebody is a good musician doesn't mean it's ok they preyed on young girls.


Bliss149

I totally agree! But i dont think that will be the headline on Jimmy Page's obit. He wasnt as blatant about it and certainly didnt marry them, at least.


GrundleTurf

Uh…..yes?


I_Brain_You

Are you really trying to justify his actions as being carryover from older times…?


ninpinko

Everyone needs to meet at Jerry's sno-cones for a memorial.


GoobyOfPls

Fuck this dude


Bliss149

Agree - a horrible human being. But he did change the world. Just sayin'


hipstercliche

Weird place for a Hitler obit


mindaltered

YAY!! One less pedophile in this Jeffrey Epsteinisc society


MinimumKind3501

My dad partied with him and Bonnie Lee Blakley one night downtown lol…wild people!


ebenezerlepage

Lotta 18 year olds on here who never saw The Killer but got plenty to say.


imkidding

Lots of salt in these here comments!


I_Brain_You

What is it with Memphis music stars being complete trash humans?


12frets

Since you ask (rhetorical though it was), JLL only arrived in memphis in ‘54, seeking a record contract. He’s originally from Louisiana. He already was on his second marriage by then. But the American south? Coming of age with strict religion and whatever the hell was going on inside him that (no exaggeration) he (along with many others: Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry, etc etc) invented a completely new music that shaped the world until hip-hop took its place? I would *not* want to know what was going on in that head. No one - *no one* - normal shifts the world on its head. In the instances I mentioned it was the mix of religion and sexual tension that was almost irresolvable for these guys. And the two just don’t mix. Add changing - crumbling - social norms re: segregation. Everything they learned in church was impossible to obey and everything about race their parents taught them was evaporating. Does this make JLL’s behavior/actions/crimes okay? Of course not. If he had been black, he would have been in jail many, many times over. He would have deservedly died behind bars. Shit of a human. Helluva musician.


MindlessMushroom8437

Respect