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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1981
Page
2
Flamboyant rock star Jerry Lee Lewis remains in critical condition in Methodist Hospital South ICU after a five hour abdominal surgery for infection. Ex-wife Myra says he is fighting and doctors previously put survival chances at about 50 50 as family and hospital officials decline further comment.
In Houston, Harris County Probate Court No 2 judge Pat Gregory takes over the vast Hughes estate dispute. Claims range from secret marriages and children to forged wills. He recalls bizarre “Hughes” stories since 1976 and notes the case may reveal both aviation genius and recluse quirks.
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