(CNN) –– Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock ‘n’ roll icon who played the piano hard and stomped on it, has died at the age of 87, according to a statement from his representative Zach Farnum.
Lewis, remembered for such 1950s hits as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” died at his home in Desoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis, according to the statement.
Farnum told CNN that Lewis died of “natural causes” when contacted by phone.
His seventh wife, Judith, was by his side when he died and Lewis “told her, in his final days, that he welcomed the afterlife and was not afraid,” the statement added.
Lewis was born in Louisiana and began playing the piano at age 9, according to his website. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
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