Jerry Lee Lewis, a singer, songwriter and pianist who was once poised to be the next King of Rock 'n' Roll after Elvis Presley, died in 2022 at age 87.
The decision marks the of a bitter legal battle for the ranch between Jerry Lee Lewis III, the youngest son of the rock icon, and the children of Lewis longtime manager, the actual owners of the estate.
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…
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. Spokesperson Zach Farnum said Lewis died Friday morning at his Mississippi home near Memphis. Of all the greats to emerge in the 1950s after Elvis Presley, no one personified every parent's fear of…
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,.