The rock legend behind the song “Great Balls of Fire” has died at the age of 87.
It says for itself website. He died on Friday morning, second AP news.
Lewis leaves behind a wife, four children and even more grandchildren.
– He’s ready to go, his wife Judith Coghlan Lewis is said to have said shortly before the artist’s death, according to the statement on the artist’s website.
– The world has lost a light that we have been blessed with for 87 years, writes Sister Linda Gail Lewis Facebook.
The cause of death is not yet known, but it is not hidden that Lewis struggled with health problems for a long time after leading a tough lifestyle as a young man:
– He suffered during the last few years of his life from various diseases and injuries, which his doctors said should have killed him a long time ago, the statement said.
– He defied death in his old age just as he defied the hardworking and self-destructive lifestyle of his youth to play in front of audiences around the world.
Previously reported dead by mistake
VG was among several media outlets that cited the American online newspaper TMZ earlier this week that the rock legend was dead. Later that day they withdrew the message.
– Jerry Lee Lewis is not dead … as we previously reported, TMZ wrote.
On social media, the erroneous news spread quickly and several people shared their memories of the concerts with Lewis.
Eventually new posts came in, when they learned he was still alive.
Lewis died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, Rep. Zach Farnum said in a statement, according to the AP.
rock legend
Lewis, also known as “The Killer”, has been described as a pioneer in the world of rock.
Lewis really made it into the second half of the 1950s.
In 1986, he became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and his hit singles include “Great Balls of Fire”, “Breathless”, “High School Confidential” and “Whole Lotta Shakin ‘Going On”.
In 1989, his life was turned into a movie Big fireballs! with Dennis Quad.
Lewis also did a lot of country music.
In October last year, he was supposed to be placed in the country’s hall of honor, but he had to skip the event due to his health condition.
On Facebook he writes that he got sick with the flu in order to participate.
– I am trying everything possible to gather the strength to come today, I could not wait for so much to come, he wrote.
Scandal in the history of rock
A few years ago, VG interviewed Barbara Barnes Sims who worked for Sun Records, Lewis’s label.
Sam Phillips, who owned Sun Studios and Sun Records, believed Jerry Lee Lewis was the most talented of all stars, according to Barbara Barnes Sims.
That’s why they took it very hard when their best-selling artist in 1958 faced one of the biggest scandals in rock history.
At the age of 22, Jerry Lee Lewis married one of his close relatives: 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown.
The tabloid press has gone mad. The concerts have been canceled. Record sales plummeted.
– Not long ago, Sam had lost Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins to Columbia Records. When his biggest star, for whom we worked so hard to succeed, became embroiled in this scandal, Sam lost some of the joy of discovering new talent, explains Barnes Sims, who adds that he had never staked his money. on him was the longest … lived of the stars of the Sun.
This was in many ways the beginning of the end for Sun Records.
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