Jerry Lee Lewis, ‘Great Balls of Fire’ singer and pioneering keyboard player, dead at age 87

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Jerry Lee Lewis, an incendiary keyboard player and pioneering rock ‘n’ roll singer, has died at age 87. Lewis died at home on Friday morning in Memphis, Tennessee, according to a statement from his representative.

FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis performs during Farm Aid on Sept. 20, 2008 in Mansfield, Mass. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2022, at his home in Memphis, Tenn. He was 87. Jerry Lee Lewis, an incendiary keyboard player and pioneering rock ‘n’ roll singer, has died at age 87.

During the 1960s, Lewis began singing country songs, recording number one hits like “To Make Love Sweeter for You,” “There Must Be More to Love Than This,” “Would You Take Another Chance on Me” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” Actor Dennis Quaid played Lewis in the 1989 music biopic “Great Balls of Fire.”In 2014, Alabama author Rick Bragg wrote a biography on Lewis, titled “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story.” The book focuses on Lewis’ upbringing in Ferriday, La., and Natchez, Miss.

 

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