when the Jerry Lewis Thanksgiving Party for MDA raised funds for their New York City area operations. From 1966 until 2010, Lewis appeared on television every Labor Day as host of the round-the ...

Jerry Lewis remains one of Hollywood's most influential comedy stars of all time – but the actor and director was also well known for his explosive personality away from the cameras. Lewis was never ...

Jerry Lewis (born March 16 ... and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy ...

The "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon" is an annual fund-raising event that lasts overnight—the 1998 telethon, for instance, ran for more than 21 hours—and involves an array of entertainers. The ...

The program is the successor to the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, an annual telethon that ran until 2010. The history of MDA's telethon dates back to the 1950s, when the Jerry Lewis ...

The charity leaned into its association with the Hollywood superstar by referring to Muscular Dystrophy patients as “Jerry’s Kids.” Throughout their decades of association, Lewis and MDA ...

The charity leaned into its association with the Hollywood superstar by referring to Muscular Dystrophy patients as "Jerry's ...