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Last Man No Longer Standing

Last Man No Longer Standing
The “Killer”; rock’n’roll legend, singer, and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, in London on tour, on June 10, 1958. Evening Standard/Getty Images
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He called himself “the last man standing,” a reference to the rock ‘n’ roll icons of which he was among the most notable. Jerry Lee Lewis died last week at age 87. He was the last in a line of rock greats whose records I played as a 16-year-old disc jockey at a small radio station in Rockville, Maryland.

Cal Thomas
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John Calvin Thomas has been a syndicated columnist, author, and radio commentator for more than 35 years. His latest book is “America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States.”
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