Lou Reed siblings: Meet Merrill Reed Weiner

Lou Reed, who passed away in 2016, was the music industry’s go-to grump. He wasn’t afraid to voice his opinions or make fun of anybody who got in his way. Reed’s hatred was so intense that it could even cause a grown man to cry, and no one was safe from it.

He addressed everyone with it, including journalists and artists. Although it made some people laugh, it frequently made us in the audience cringe and wonder why we were dealing with this strange person.

Lou Reed siblings: Meet Merrill Reed Weiner

He was raised by his parents and his sole biological sister in a small nuclear family.
The Velvet Underground frontman’s younger sister Merrill Reed Weiner wrote a moving essay for Medium in which she addressed several myths about his upbringing, including his parents’ purported homophobia.

Merrill Reed Weiner expressed the hope that the article will “clarify and put into context” Reed’s early life, which has been under further scrutiny ever since his liver disease-related death in October 2013.

She refutes reports that he was subjected to electroshock therapy for gay tendencies and that their father mistreated him in the article.

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