Connie Koepke is the ex-wife of Willie Nelson. Connie Koepke’s ex-husband is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and political activist. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country. Aside from being a singer and songwriter, he has also acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.

Connie Koepke: Bio Summary

Who is Willie Nelson’s wife, Koepke?

Willie Nelson might be a huge name in the music industry and commands lots of respect for his talent, but his love life has raised multiple eyebrows, especially after cheating on his second wife with Connie Koepke. Connie Koepke gained much of her fame from her married to the legendary singer. Koepke’s birthday is June 6, but not much is known about the exact year and place in the United States she was born. Her ex-husband on the other hand was born on April 29, 1933, he is 90 years old as of 2023.

According to Connie’s Facebook profile, she attended Galena Park High School in Texas. Though she has kept most details of her life away before meeting the legendary singer from the spotlight. Connie Koepke grew up with her immigrant parents in Houston, Texas. Koepke revealed in a Facebook post that her dad, George, was born in Germany but eventually moved to Texas and served in the U.S. Army. Her mother, Helen also came to the United States from Hungary.

She is not the only child of her parents. Connie also had a brother Mike who was also in the US Army like their father. However, Connie Koepke’s brother sadly passed at a young age. The legendary singer’s ex-wife took to her social media to share an old photo of her brother Mike on Facebook to commemorate what would have been Mike’s 69th birthday. In the caption of the photo, Koepke revealed that Mike didn’t die at war but rather died of AIDS.

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She wrote-“My brother Mike would have been 69 today! He got AIDS from a blood transfusion after a bad car wreck before they started testing blood for the virus! I think of him every day – he is part of me!“

Connie Koepke is a film producer

The legendary singer Nelson began releasing music in the mid-1950s but shot to stardom in the 1970s with his albums “Shotgun Willie,” “Red Headed Stranger,” and “Stardust.” Aside from making a name in the music industry, the famous musician has also acted in over 30 films including The Electric Horseman, Honeysuckle Rose, Thief, and Barbarosa.

Willie Nelson’s ex-wife Koepke is also in the entertainment industry but not in the music scene. She is a film producer. According to her Facebook About, she is self-employed and works at Slow Uvalde Films. In 1984, Willie Nelson’s ex-wife served as executive producer of “Streetwise,” a documentary following teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.

In 2017, the Film producer joined the many interviewees in “Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus.” The documentary puts together unusual stories from different musicians, including Jerry Lee Lewis and Tammy Wynette. Koepke also served as Associate Producer on Without Getting Killed or Caught, a 95-minute documentary that follows Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence.

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Connie Koepke is also expected to participate in “Lovey: King of the Roadies,” a documentary about Benjamin “Lovey” Holladay Dorcy III, one of the world’s first roadies ever.

How long was Willie Nelson married to Connie Koepke?

Nelson has been married four times and has seven children. Connie is the third woman he married and they had two children. Before Connie, Nelson was married to  Martha Matthews and Shirley Collie. Nelson and Connie’s relationship got off on the wrong foot. The former lovers first met in Cut and Shoot, Texas, in the late 1960s when Nelson was still married to his second wife, late musician Shirley Collie.

Shirley Collie and Willie Nelson divorced in 1971 after Collie found a bill from the maternity ward of a Houston hospital charged to Nelson and Connie Koepke for the birth of their first child, Paula Carlene Nelson. The hospital where Paula was born sent Nelson an invoice, but Collie read it. Nelson explained:

“Shirley saw a bill from a Houston hospital. I tried to play it off as no big deal. I told her that I had to go to the hospital for something minor.”

Who are Connie Koepke and Willie Nelson’s children?

Nelson married Koepke the same year, and they had another daughter, Amy Lee Nelson on July 6, 1973. Connie Koepke and Willie Nelson’s daughters followed in their legendary father’s footsteps and became musicians. Their eldest child, Paula formed the Paula Nelson Band and has released five studio albums (as of June 2022).

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Their second daughter, Amy also founded a band called the Folk Uke with Arlo Guthrie’s daughter, Cathy Guthrie. Amy and Cathy have released three albums together (as of June 2022), and their famous dads have made guest appearances on some of their songs.

Connie Koepke and Willie Nelson’s divorce

Connie Koepke and Willie Nelson divorced in 1988. This was after the legendary Musician met makeup artist Ann Marie D’Angelo. Though he was married to Koepke, he fell in love with D’Angelo, so he divorced his third wife in 1988 to marry D’Angelo in 1991. The Singer admitted to messing up another marriage and regretted the pain he caused his ex-wives. However, he still believes his ex-wives are all still part of his family

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