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Aug 20, 2017 · Jerry Lewis, an actor and auteur who was one of the most influential forces in American comedy, died Sunday morning at his Las Vegas home.He was 91. “Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed ...
Nov 11, 2005 · Comedian Jerry Lewis, holding up a photo of himself bloated from drugs he was taking to overcome chronic pain, is interviewed Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at the Beverly Hills hotel in Beverly Hills ...
Aug 20, 2017 · By 16, Jerry Lewis (as his billing read) had dropped out of school and was earning as much as $150 a week as a solo performer. He appeared in a "record act," mouthing crazily to the records of ...
Aug 20, 2017 · Jerry Lewis was born Jerome Levitch in Newark, NJ on March 16, 1926; until biographer Shawn Levy unearthed his official birth record while doing research for his 1996 biography King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, most sources, including Lewis' own earlier autobiography, had given his birth name as Joseph Levitch. His parents were ...
Aug 21, 2017 · Comedian and actor Jerry Lewis sits in his dressing room after his final performance at the South Point Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2016. Lewis died Aug. 20, 2017, at his home in Las ...
Aug 20, 2017 · Famed comedian, actor and filmmaker Jerry Lewis died on Sunday at his home in Las Vegas, his publicist confirmed. He was 91. Lewis developed his comedy career alongside his partner Dean Martin ...
Aug 22, 2017 · Even then, it wasn't until the funeral of Martin's son, Dean Paul Martin Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1987, that the men fully reconciled. They remained casual friends until Martin's death in 1995. Lewis, who died Sunday at age 91, first spotted Martin performing at New York City nightclub. Recognizing raw talent, Lewis jumped at the ...
