Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire" singer, has died at age 87

CBS News ^ | October 28th, 2022 | Jordan Freiman

[shadowlands1960]

Jerry Lee Lewis, the early rock n' roll star who skyrocketed to fame with a string of hits in the 1950s, had died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 87.

Nicknamed "The Killer," Lewis was known for his energetic stage performances, which included antics such as playing the piano with his feet and lighting the instrument on fire.

[rellimpank]

-—a cousin of both Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggert—IIRC—

[nickcarraway]

Wasn’t there a female celebrity last year that it came out that she was dead then they all said she wasn’t dead and then she was dead again?

[newzjunkey]

He wasn’t dead already?

[Bonemaker]

A lot of them didn’t do well with aviation.

[dfwgator]

Paul Anka (”Diana”) is still alive.

[shadowlands1960]

I think what people mean when they say he was ‘the last’ of the great rockers...’ is the early pioneers, like Little Richard, Chuck Berry level... so someone who became known around 1956 or earlier (Chuck Berry’s first recording of Johnny B. Goode was 1949) and was a seminal influence....

[newzjunkey]

Tanya Roberts (a “Bond girl”)

[rhinohunter]

Huh?? I thought he left us decades ago…

[ryderann]

Wasn’t it Jerry Lee Lewis who ruined a very fine concert grand piano? I remember how angry classical concert aficionados were.

[al baby]

That one bothered me we met a few times way back nice lady also she was on desert radio on the 15 she was just fun and was great in that bond movie maybe great is not the word but she was fun

[Roccus]

Anka, Dion, Sedaka........

[Dr. Sivana]

The Weekly World News tracked Elvis for years until he finally died for real.

[Red Badger]

Rest in Peace, Jerry, and Thanks for the Memories..................

[Red Badger]

Well, there’s Elvis.....................😉

[Shoefus]

Fats Waller or Fats Domino???

[shadowlands1960]

They did the same with JFK. I remember a National Enquirer story from around ‘74 where they were saying there was a secret room at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas that Jackie O’ was seen going in and out of from time to time... supposedly a near brain dead JFK was being kept alive in there on machines.

[usafa92]

Dion is still around as is Chubby Checker and Pat Boone. Gary US Bonds is still performing. That’s about it for the 50’s, then sadly we’re into the 60’s. Frankie Valli, most of the Rolling Stones, Paul and Ringo, and many others are still going.

[usafa92]

Frankie Avalon as well.

[Trump_Triumphant]

He is. A friend of a friend of a friend’s cousin says she saw him at a Kmart in Kalamazoo.

[Impala64ssa]

Weekly World News, LOL! Actually this rag is more credible than the fake news media we got today.