The rock icon had fans shake, rattle, and rolling.
The rep informed EW on Friday thatthe singer has since died.
“He’s alive,” Lee’s publicist Zach Farnum confirmed to EW in a statement.
Jerry Lee Lewis in 2017.Rick Diamond/Getty
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.
That turned out not to be the case.
TMZ regrets the error."
The film was directed by Ethan Coen.
Instead, Hank Williams Jr. and Kris Kristofferson accepted and celebrated the honor on Lewis' behalf.
