Is Jerry Lee Lewis ill?

Is Jerry Lee Lewis ill?

Last night, Jerry Lee Lewis suffered a minor stroke. He is with his family, recuperating in Memphis and the doctors expect a full recovery. The Killer looks forward to getting back into the studio soon to record a Gospel record and on the road performing live for his fans. His family requests privacy at this time.

How is Jerry Lee Lewis Health?

Lewis is feeling much better now. “In reality, his health is better now than it’s been in the past five or six years,” says Judith. Lewis no longer needs additional oxygen, like he did for three years. He doesn’t take any pain medication, just the occasional Advil or Tylenol.

Is Jerry Lee Lewis still performing?

In 1986, he was an inaugural inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Born on Sept. 29, 1935, and after seven marriages, the deaths of two wives and two sons, various arrests, tax troubles and numerous other travails, Lewis still continues to perform and record.

Was Jerry Lewis a good dancer?

Lewis was a dancer of great rhythm and talent. He displayed it as the geek dancing the jitterbug with Sheree North in the Martin and Lewis vehicle, “Living It Up.”

Who did Jerry Lewis dance the jitterbug with?

In Living It Up (1954) Lewis does an incredible jitterbug with blonde bombshell Sheree North. This joyful performance has all the energy and spark you’d expect from two such gifted performers.

Why did the MDA telethon end?

In 2007, he apologized after using an anti-gay slur on the program. The telethon shortened its format after 2010 and, amid some friction with Lewis, stopped using him as host before the 2011 program, passing those duties onto Nigel Lythgoe, Jann Carl, Alison Sweeney and Nancy O’Dell.

What celebrity married their cousin?

The infamous American outlaw of the Wild West married his first cousin Zerelda Mimms after a nine-year courtship. The actor and his wife Kyra Sedgwick are ninth cousins once removed, as they learned on PBS’s “Finding Your Roots.”