Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock 'n' roll with hits like Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On before marital scandal derailed his career, has died, according to a statement from his representative, Zach Farnum. He was 87.Lewis passed away at his home in Desoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis, the statement said. Farnum told CNN that Lewis died of "natural causes" when reached by phone.His seventh wife, Judith, was by his side when he died and Lewis "told her, in his final days, that he welcomed the hereafter, and that he was not afraid," the statement added.
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