Jerry Lee Lewis, 'Great Balls Of Fire' rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87


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Jerry Lee Lewis performs onstage in New York on Sept. 26, 2006. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2022, at his home in Memphis, Tenn. He was 87. – Photo: AP

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87.

"The last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Lewis died at home in Memphis, Tennessee," representative Zach Farnum said in a release.

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