US singer Jerry Lee Lewis has died aged 87, his publicist has said.
Lewis, who was best known for his hit Great Balls of Fire, passed away this week at his home in Memphis with his seventh wife, Judith, by his side.
Zach Farnum, publicist for Jerry Lee Lewis, said in a statement: “Lewis, perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, whose marriage of blues, gospel, country, honky-tonk and raw, pounding stage performances so threatened a young Elvis Presley that it made him cry, has died.
