Last Friday, the final rock ‘n’ roll pioneer passed away at age 87.
Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard all crossed the way over the past few years, but the wildest one of them all was still there – even calling one of his final albums “Last Man Standing”: Jerry Lee Lewis. But now, the one they called Killer is gone.
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