Today’s world ... ‘the Killer’ remarries
ROCK ’n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has married for the seventh time, and the Great Balls Of Fire singer has again found love in his extended family.
Lewis, 76, nicknamed the Killer, married the ex-wife of a cousin at a quiet ceremony in Natchez, Mississippi on March 9, community newspaper The Natchez Democrat has reported. His new wife, Judith Brown, told the newspaper she had been the singer’s carer for some time.
The pianist and singer of 1950s hits like Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (pictured) caused a scandal when he married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale Brown in 1957.
Judith Brown was formerly married to Myra’s brother, Rusty.
Lewis’s sixth marriage ended in divorce, which was finalised in 2005 after 20 years. US REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Mitt Romney likes to play the occasional prank on his staff. Yesterday, his aides took revenge. They made him the victim of an elaborate April Fool when he was told, “We didn’t get much of a turnout this morning”, before being ushered into an empty room.
Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Ron Johnson, both of whom have endorsed Romney, were in on the joke. At a restaurant in Milwaukee before a regularly scheduled campaign event, Romney, 65, was taken into a basement ballroom. In a holding room his staff warned him that the crowd was thin. “‘It’s really small, but it’ll be OK,’” Romney said they told him.
Ryan first went on stage and gave an entire introduction of Romney to the sound of applause piped in over the sound system. Romney and Johnson then walked out and took their assigned places. Romney said his first thought was, “This is going to look really bad on the evening news.”
The prank was a sign Romney and his staff feel good about their prospects in the Wisconsin primary contest tomorrow, and the overall state of the race. Romney leads Rick Santorum in Wisconsin polls and has a big lead in the state-by-state competition for the nomination.
Romney suggested payback might be in order. “Not only did they do that but they caught it on camera,” said Romney. “This is known as forgive, but remember. We’re going to remember this.” THE percentage of footballers who “take a dive” in a match and succeed in fooling the referee, a study of 60 games and 2803 falls has found. THE price in pounds sterling a menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic has sold for at auction. The list featured several courses including eggs Argenteuil, consomme fermier and chicken a la Maryland.