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JERRY Lee Lewis, the legendary singer behind Great Balls of Fire, has died aged 87, says his agent.
With life marred by scandal and violence, he was one of the last survivors of rock ‘n’ roll’s golden age,
At age 22, his career was briefly halted when he married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown.
Lewis’s agent described him as “perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock’n’roll”.
In a statement, Lewis’s publicist Zach Farnum said: “He was there at the beginning, with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, and the rest, and watched them fade away one by one till it was him alone to bear witness, and sing of the birth of rock’n’roll.”
Lewis died at his home in Desoto County, Mississippi, with his seventh wife, Judith, by his side, his publicist said.
The news of his death comes days after a hoax announcement of his death was reported by gossip website TMZ.
-BTS Media
