(NewsNation) — Music legend Lionel Richie is revealing details of his storied career and personal life in his new memoir, “Truly.”

In the book, Richie discusses his time as a member of The Commodores, how being a songwriter healed him and the scandal that led to the demise of his first marriage.

Lionel Richie’s first marriage blows up

In “Truly,” the “Endless Love” singer is finally opening up about the controversy that brought his first marriage to a close nearly forty years ago.

His first wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, was arrested in June 1988 after she confronted Richie and his Diane Alexander, who would become his second wife, at Alexander’s Beverly Hills apartment in the middle of the night, according to Fox News.

"What very few people knew was that Brenda and I were separated," Ri

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