'He's alive,' Lee's publicist Zach Farnum confirmed to EW in a statement. He added that the initial report was made 'erroneously off of an anonymous tip.'
"He's alive," Lee's publicist Zach Farnum confirmed to EW in a statement. He added that the initial report was made"erroneously off of an anonymous tip."
TMZ reported Wednesday afternoon that the singer had died at his home in Memphis. Shortly afterward, however, the outletand said,"Earlier today we were told by someone claiming to be Lewis' rep that he had passed. That turned out not to be the case. TMZ regrets the error." Lewis, whose hits include"Great Balls of Fire" and"Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," previously suffered a stroke in 2019, but he has been working toward recovery and in 2020 announced plans to record an album of gospel covers with producer T-Bone Burnett.
He was induced into the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier this month but did not attend on the advice of his doctors. Instead, Hank Williams Jr. and Kris Kristofferson accepted and celebrated the honor on Lewis' behalf.