For more on PEOPLE's cover story with Lionel Richie, listen below to our daily ... 9 with his first wife Brenda Harvey prior to their divorce in 1993, the star credits her with changing his ...

Lionel Richie has been in the public eye for decades ... The two were married for 18 years before finalizing their divorce in 1993. Richie went on to marry Diane Alexander in 1995, and they ...