Officials at the charity insist the the event has become less appealing in recent years. Celebrities like Frank Sinatra, John Lennon and Michael Jackson have performed on the telethon, which was first ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and ...

The comedian, filmmaker and philanthropist Jerry Lewis, he of the nasally voice and epic pratfalls, has died. Here he is with his longtime partner and straight-man Dean Martin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and ...

Jerry Lewis, a comedic fixture on big screens and charity telethons for decades, has died at the age of 91. His death was first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and confirmed by NPR with his ...

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis —better known as Martin & Lewis—is a perfect example. For many, the legacy of Martin & Lewis is defined by two things: the well-documented years of estrangement following ...

No one would sniff at all the dollars Jerry Lewis raised for muscular dystrophy: a couple of billion during his 45-year reign as host of the MDA Telethon. But what kind of TV did he offer in exchange?

Jerry Lewis, a comedic fixture on big screens and charity telethons for decades, has died at the age of 91. David Greene talks to Shawn Levy,... Comedian Jerry Lewis Dies At 91, Also Known For ...