{"id":115615,"date":"2022-10-29T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115615"},"modified":"2022-10-29T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:22:45","slug":"jerry-lee-lewis-dead-at-87-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115615","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Lee Lewis Dead at 87 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115615\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115616 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jerry-lee-lewis-le-chanteur-attaque-sa-fille-en-justice-pour-l-avoir-drogue-isole-et-vole-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jerry-lee-lewis-le-chanteur-attaque-sa-fille-en-justice-pour-l-avoir-drogue-isole-et-vole-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jerry-lee-lewis-le-chanteur-attaque-sa-fille-en-justice-pour-l-avoir-drogue-isole-et-vole.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rock n\u2019 Roll legend, known for the songs \u201cGreat Balls of Fire\u201d and \u201cWhole Lot Of Shakin\u2019 Going On\u201d, passed away October 28, 2022, of natural causes in Desoto County, Mississippi. He was 87.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed \u201cthe Killer\u201d, for his piano playing prowess and impassioned vocals, Lewis was described as one of the most influential pianists of the 20th Century, paving the way for greats such as Elton John, who described Lewis as \u201cThe best rock &amp; roll pianist ever. I couldn\u2019t play like him because he\u2019s too fast.\u201d His musical style, in addition to Rock n\u2019 Roll includes country, bluegrass, western swing and rhythm and blues. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lewis released 40 studio albums, 10 compilation albums, and released numerous singles, including \u201cBreathless\u201d, \u201cChantilly Lace\u201d, \u201cGood Golly, Miss Molly\u201d, \u201cTurn on Your Love Light\u201d, and \u201cHigh School Confidential\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Jerry Lee Lewis\u2019 family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rock n\u2019 Roll legend, known for the songs \u201cGreat Balls of Fire\u201d and \u201cWhole Lot Of Shakin\u2019 Going On\u201d, passed away October 28, 2022, of natural causes in Desoto County, Mississippi. He was 87. Nicknamed \u201cthe Killer\u201d, for his piano playing prowess and impassioned vocals, Lewis was described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[29771],"class_list":["post-115615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-jerry-lee-lewis-dead-at-87-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115615"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}