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CORRECTS LOCATION OF DEATH TO DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - FILE - Lifetime achievement award winner Jerry Lee Lewis poses for photographers at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2022, at his home n DeSoto County, Miss., south of Memphis, Tenn. He was 87. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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Trump, celebrities react to death of Jerry Lee Lewis
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,10/28/22-3:15PM , 176 Reads
Stars and other notables react to the death of Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock ‘n’ roll star died Friday at age 87.

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CORRECTS LOCATION OF DEATH TO DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI- FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis performs during Farm Aid on Sept. 20, 2008 in Mansfield, Mass. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2022, at his home in DeSoto County, Miss., south of Memphis, Tenn. He was 87. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,10/28/22-1:36PM , 237 Reads
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.
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CORRECTS LOCATION OF DEATH TO DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis props his foot on the piano as he lays back and acknowledges the applause of fans during the fifth annual Rock 'n' Roll Revival at New York's Madison Square Garden on March 14, 1975. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2022, at his home in DeSoto County, Miss., south of Memphis, Tenn. He was 87. (AP Photo/Rene Perez, File)

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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,10/28/22-11:52AM , 154 Reads
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.
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Climate migration: Alaska village resists despite threats
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press
Fri,10/28/22-7:34AM , 209 Reads
SHISHMAREF, Alaska (AP) — Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you’ll see homes perilously close to falling into the ocean, and headlines that warn that this Native community on a border island in western Alaska -- without access to main roads to the mainland or running water -- is on the verge of disappearing.
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