Title: I Guess You Had To Be There Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 20, 2011 Author:Lorrie Morgan Post Date:2011-08-20 21:04:51 by James Deffenbach Keywords:None Views:373 Comments:16
"I Guess You Had To Be There" to understand why Keith Whitley drank himself to death.
I always suspected that they kept their unhappiness a secret the way they do in Nashville unless the cops are called along with the tow truck to pull George Jones' car out of the bedroom.
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"Morgan is known for her turbulent personal life—she told Larry King in a July 2004 interview that "drama is something that lets you know you're still alive."[2]
She has a daughter, Morgan, from her first marriage to Ron Gaddis, a former bass player in George Jones' band; they were married for only a brief time from 1979 to 1980. She has a son, Jesse Keith Whitley (b. 1987) with her second husband, Keith Whitley. That marriage lasted from 1986 until his death in 1989. After that marriage, she had a lengthy involvement with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. In 1991, she married a one-time bus driver for Clint Black named Brad Thompson; they divorced in 1993.
Morgan was also romantically linked from 1994 to 1996 with Fred Thompson, the politician/actor. In her autobiography Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story, Morgan describes their relationship:
"It was great to go out with an older man [Thompson] who was very successful on his own. . . . For a while, I enjoyed my first exposure to politics. It was interesting to hear about political conversations, and people even began talking about Fred as a potential president. . . . I put myself to the task of being a great companion to a stimulating and important man, and as a result I became boring. . . . I had to stop and think about the political implications of everything before I uttered a word in public. . . . For a while, I wanted to marry Fred, but I knew he could not accept me as I am."[3]
In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999. She married her fifth husband, singer Sammy Kershaw, on September 29, 2001. That marriage lasted six years. Citing irreconcilable differences, she filed for divorce on October 23, 2007.[4]
In October 2008, Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, citing up to $10 million in liabilities while listing her own assets as valued between $500,000 and $1 million.[5]
In 2010 Morgan will perform on Broadway in the show Pure Country. She will play Lula, the manager of the lead character Dusty, played by fellow country artist Joe Nichols.
On September 15, 2010, Morgan married her sixth husband, Randy White, in a beach side ceremony."
Poor Keith was just a simply country boy and I suspect that Lorrie was why he couldn't whip his demon.
Yes, she has led what one might politely call an "interesting life," hasn't she? Most people figure out before the fifth marriage that something about that just ain't workin' out for 'em.
Yes, she has led what one might politely call an "interesting life," hasn't she? Most people figure out before the fifth marriage that something about that just ain't workin' out for 'em.
Unlike women (and men) who've loved and lost she showed no signs of extreme suffering, and the music videos of her "broke country heart" were unconvincing.
I can only imagine what Keith felt when he saw her so well kept and using her wiles to further her career as he was struggling with the Devil's elixir. My read was that a truly loving woman may have saved him, but that wasn't her. Her busy promo schedule kept her moving and her husband wouldn't ask her to do what she should have done without being asked. (there's no movie of the week of her superhuman struggle to save her man, and if it was true we'd have seen it on TV by now)
I have no way of validating this suspicion mind you, but I believe that Keith knew he was going to die alone and that his narcissist ol' lady was prepared for that eventuality, including laying in a supply of mascara that wouldn't run as the crocodile tears were shed.
And, as the saying goes, she probably picked out one of her husbands at the funeral. Perhaps they were all in attendance.