Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87 - WXXV News 25

FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis props his ft connected the soft arsenic helium lays backmost and acknowledges the applause of fans during the 5th yearly Rock 'n' Roll Revival astatine New York's Madison Square Garden connected March 14, 1975. (AP Photo/Rene Perez, File)

By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer

The untamable and often outrageous stone ‘n’ rotation pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died astatine 87.

Spokesperson Zach Farnum said Lewis died Friday greeting astatine his Mississippi location adjacent Memphis.

Of each the greats to look successful the 1950s aft Elvis Presley, nary 1 personified each parent’s fearfulness of the dangers of stone ’n rotation much than Lewis, with his leering tenor and cocky sneer.

His talent, vigor and ego collided into piano-pumping perfection connected hits similar “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”