Jerry Lee Lewis' Health Kept Him From Hall of Fame Induction
Jerry Lee Lewis was too sick to attend his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (Oct. 16).
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Jerry Lee Lewis was too sick to attend his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (Oct. 16).
Jerry Lee Lewis was too sick to attend his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (Oct. 16).
"It is with heartfelt sadness and disappointment that I write to you today from my sickbed. ...but I hope to see you all soon. To be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame is the highest honor in country music."
It would be difficult to imagine a more unlikely group of inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame than the class of 2022, honored Sunday night in the Hall’s annual Medallion Ceremony. Yet Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley and Joe Galante all made the kind of impact that leads to country music’s greatest honor.
The trio of music music industry icons was inducted into the 2022 class of the Country Music Hall of Fame.