Jerry Lee died today at the age of 87, after a long career of singing country, rock and roll and gospel.
Jerry Lee was born in Louisiana and was a cousin of the evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and another country singer and pianist, Mickey Gillis. As a child he used to sneak into clubs for black people, to listen to what was then called "race music". He was torn between his love of rock and roll and his belief inculcated in childhood that rock and roll was the devil's music.. He went to Bible college as a young man.
He was famous for his wild antics, such as setting a piano on fire, and he made several marriages, including one to his young cousin Myra, who was only 13 when he was around 21. He went on performing till old age.
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