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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 , 441 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 , 407 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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John Steinbeck talks to media in the office of his publisher in New York on Oct. 25, 1962. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)

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Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Fri,10/28/22-12:17AM , 486 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck — a resident of Paris at the time — often found himself asked about the headlines from his native country.

The question he kept hearing: “What about McCarthyism?"
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This image provided by the Random House Group shows the cover of "Spare," Prince Harry's memoir. The book is an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since first announced last year, is coming out Jan. 10. (Random House Group via AP)

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Prince Harry's memoir, titled 'Spare,' to come out Jan. 10
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Thu,10/27/22-5:01AM , 3,586 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry's memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since it was first announced last year, is coming out Jan. 10.
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