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Known as ‘The Killer’, his blistering piano and vocals style fuelled by alcohol and amphetamines led to chart success, but a private life that racked up seven marriages was plagued by death and destruction

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87. The last survivor of a…

With hits such as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Lewis was all about lust and gratification. He was a one-man stampede who made the fans scream and the keyboards swear.

Artist’s songs such as Great Balls of Fire helped install rock’n’roll as the dominant American pop music of the 1950s

The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87