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Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock’n’roll legend, died at 87
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Eva Deschamps / October 29, 2022
One of the last great pioneers of rock and roll, the American musician Jerry Lee Lewis, died at the age of 87 years, announced Friday his agent to AFP.
Associated for eternity with the song “Great Balls of Fire”, known for his strong presence on stage and his dynamic style on the piano, a rock legend from Louisiana (south), Jerry Lee Lewis died of natural causes, said the same source.
Both friend and rival of King Elvis Presley himself, Jerry Lee Lewis had influenced a whole generation of musicians, like Bruce Springsteen who said about him in 1995: “He does not play rock’n roll, he is rock’n roll.”
He was as famous for his hits as for the dramas and scandals that marked his life.
Born on September 29, 1935 into a poor family in Ferriday, Louisiana, he discovered the piano at the age of 9 and his parents mortgaged the family farm to pay for his instrument.
In 1956, he left for Memphis (Tennessee), the Mecca of the new American music, and was one of the first to sign with the famous Sun Records label.
His meeting that same year with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins resulted in a legendary recording session known as the “Million Dollar Quartet”.
In 1957, his first song, “Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on”, already bears the mark of his disheveled style.
While rock music was still in its infancy, the crowd flocked to see him ferociously pounding the keyboard with his fingers, elbows and feet, his hair swinging furiously to the frantic rhythm as he sent his stool tumbling in a wild dance step.
A few months later, “Great Balls of Fire”, which was also the title of a docu-drama about his life in 1989, propelled him to the top of the sales charts and made him one of the most adored stars of the moment.
A scandal broke when the press discovered that his third wife, Myra Gale Brown, was his 13-year-old first cousin. American radio stations decided to boycott the singer, who was disgraced for half a dozen years before resurfacing by abandoning rock for country music.
Whimsical and sometimes violent, alcohol and drugs caused him serious health problems and as many problems with the police.
But the legend did not fade, on the contrary, and he was among the first musicians inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” (museum and pantheon of rock, in Cleveland, Ohio), at its inception in 1986.
He spent part of his last years on his ranch in Nesbit, Mississippi, with his seventh wife, and was still performing in early 2019. But, following a minor stroke in May of this year, he had cancelled concerts.
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Eva Descamps / February 28, 2024
You’ve seen him in “Star Trek”, “NCIS”, “Grey’s Anatomy” for the series, “Captain Marvel”, “The Recruit”, “Home of the Giants” for the movies… Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell passed away at the age of 49 this February 24, 2024.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the dec! s of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, a beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and friend,” read a post on his Instagram account announcing the sad news.
In August 2018, Kenneth Mitchell was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He had been in a wheelchair since October 2019. By August 2021, he had lost the use of his voice due to the disease.
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Alexei Navalny’s body handed over to his mother, says Russian opposition leader’s team
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Sylvie Claire / February 28, 2024
Alexei Navalny’s body, which his relatives had been demanding for over a week, has been handed over to his mother, the Russian opposition leader’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.
In recent days, Alexeï Navalny’s team has regularly complained about not having access to the body of the deceased Russian opponent. His relatives had complained that investigators would spend at least 14 days carrying out an “expertise” on his remains before handing them over.
Navalny’s relatives accuse the Kremlin of killing him and trying to cover up his tracks. According to Navalny’s mother, Russia is trying to decompose the body so that it can no longer be examined. Last week, Alexei Navalny’s mother and lawyers were not allowed to enter the morgue.
Eight days after his death, Navalny’s body was returned to his mother. The Russian opponent’s spokeswoman, Kira Iarmich, said on X (ex-Twitter) that she did not yet know whether “the authorities will prevent (the funeral) from taking place as the family wishes and as Alexei deserves ».
Alexei Navalny was the most prominent opposition figure in Russia, where he gained widespread popularity, particularly among the younger generation, thanks to his in-depth investigations into corruption under Vladimir Putin’s regime
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Eva Deschamps / February 16, 2024
Watching a Sylvester Stallone film in VF will never be the same again. Alain Dorval, the French actor who dubbed the American, died on Monday night, his family announced.
Alain Dorval had been battling cancer for several years, which finally claimed his life earlier this week at the Gustave Roussy hospital outside Paris.
He was best known as the French voice of Sylvester Stallone, but also distinguished himself as Tiger in the Fievel saga, and as Pat Hibulaire in the Disney universe.
Fans of the Rocky saga have been in mourning for several months. In October, actor Burt Young, who played Paulie, passed away. In early February, Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed, passed away.
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