- Meyer, a pianist and playwright, died in mid-February due to complications after surgery, his niece Rachel Trousdale told PEOPLE.
- Meyer and the Wizard of Oz star met in 1968 when Meyer was in her twenties and Garland was 46.
Musician John Meyer, who once dated Judy Garland after their fourth divorce, has died at age 86.
Meyer, pianist and playwright, He died in mid-February due to complications after surgery, said his niece Rachel Trousdale. PEOPLE.
Meyer and the Wizard of Oz star met in 1968 when Meyer – not to be confused with American singer-songwriter John Mayor – was in his early 20s and Garland was 46.
“I had a suitcase, a little black dress, a pair of fishnet stockings and a pair of heels,” she said. PEOPLE in 2019. “That was it, and a mink.”
“I became his manager, his agent, his lover, his partner, the shoulder he could lean on,” he said. ‘Her big primary motivation was ‘love me’.
The two last saw each other in January 1969, shortly before his death on June 22, 1969, at the age of 47 from an accidental overdose.
“She gave me a perfunctory kiss and said, ‘See you later, Johnny,'” he told PEOPLE at the time.
Musician John Meyer, who once dated Judy Garland after their fourth divorce, died at age 86 due to complications from surgery.
Meyer and the Wizard of Oz star met in 1968 when Meyer, not to be confused with American singer-songwriter John Mayor, was in his early 20s and Garland was 46.