Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, 76, has married for a seventh time, and the new bride is his cousin's ex-wife. Judith Ann Coghlan Lewis, 62, worked several years as Lewis' caretaker at his home in Nesbit, Miss., just south of Memphis -- a job she said she was sent to do by her then-husband and one of Lewis' ex-wives, who were brother and sister.
Lewis is famous for such top hits as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."
She said she and Lewis never intended to fall in love. It just happened. She said she married for love, not for money. "To the people that think there's never going to be someone out there for them to love, just wait until they're in their 60s and 70s," the new Mrs. Lewis told the Associated Press on Friday. "It's better than ever."
The Adams County Circuit Clerk's Office said the marriage license shows the couple were married March 9 in Natchez, Miss. The bride was previously married to one of Lewis' cousins, Rusty Brown. They divorced in 2010.
Rusty's older sister, Myra Gale Brown, married Lewis in 1957 when she was 13, becoming his third wife and causing shockwaves in the music industry.
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