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Jerry Lee Lewis: Quick Facts

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Born September 29, 1935 • Louisiana
Died October 28, 2022 (aged 87) • Mississippi
Awards And Honors Grammy Award • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1986) • Grammy Award (1986)

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Jerry Lee Lewis, wearing a striped shirt and light pants, poses with one knee on a piano bench and one hand resting on a piano, smiling at the camera, circa 1957.
Jerry Lee Lewis stands and energetically plays a piano, wearing a striped shirt and dark pants, looking toward the camera in a black-and-white photo from the 1950s or 1960s.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash perform together in Sun Studios, Memphis, with Presley seated at a piano and the others gathered around him.
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