7, 1976, file photo, entertainers Dean Martin, left, and Jerry Lewis appear together on Lewis's annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Las Vegas, Nev. Lewis, the manic ...

The MDA has not distanced itself from Lewis. “MDA would not be the organization it is today if it were not for Jerry’s tireless efforts on behalf of ‘his kids,'” MDA Chairman R.

“Jerry Lewis is a world-class humanitarian and we’re forever grateful to him for his more than half century of generous service to MDA,” said MDA Chairman of the Board R. Rodney Howel ...

Lewis died Sunday in Las Vegas. He was 91. "MDA would not be the organization it is today if it were not for Jerry's tireless efforts on behalf of 'his kids.' His enthusiasm for finding cures for ...

Every Labor Day weekend for more than 40 years, Jerry Lewis hosted the MDA Telethon from Las Vegas, joined by friends like Ed McMahon and Don Rickles. The show featured comedy, music and Lewis ...

“Jerry’s Kids” is the term ... The hope here is that the MDA/Lewis saga will settle into an outcome that will both benefit the organization and satisfy the public’s wish to see Lewis ...

At the end of its first abbreviated, Jerry Lewis-less Labor Day telethon last year, the Muscular Dystrophy Association was able to boast it received more than $61 million in pledges – up 4 ...

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?

His spokeswoman denies a claim in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the comedian would be returning to the annual fund-raiser this year. By THR Staff Lewis, swearing, lecturing us, throwing in a ...

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 were ...

Jerry Lewis, the slapstick-loving comedian, innovative filmmaker and generous fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, died Sunday after a brief illness, said his publicist, Candi Cazau.