Image source, PA Media Image caption, Tony Blackburn explained Jerry Lee Lewis as “a excellent showman who offered us some terrific tunes” Jerry Lee Lewis, the infamous vocalist behind Great Balls of Fire, has passedaway aged 87, his representative hasactually validated. One of the last survivors of rock ‘n’ roll’s golden age, his life was likewise ruined by scandal and violence. His profession was briefly halted when, aged 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale Brown. Lewis’s representative explained him as “perhaps the last real, fantastic icon of the birth of rock’n’roll”. In a declaration, Lewis’s pressagent Zach Farnum stated: “He was there at the starting, with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, and the rest, and viewed them fade away one by one till it was him alone to bear witness, and sing of the birth of rock’n’roll.” Lewis passed away at his house in Desoto County, Mississippi, with his seventh betterhalf, Judith, by his side, his pressagent stated. The news of his death comes days after a scam statement of his death was reported by chatter site TMZ. Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones led the homages to Lewis, tweeting: “R.I.P. JLL the KILLER – What a male.” “God bless Jerry lee Lewis, peace and love to all his household,” stated Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. “A dazzling vocalist too. Thank you for your conducting motivation and all the rock ‘n’ roll memories,” he included, sharing a picture of the 2 of them sitting together. The Telegraph’s Neil McCormick explained Lewis as “the most unsafe male in rock’n’roll… he was a gun-toting,
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