“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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

UPDATE: MDA telethon hosts: Lewis retired from fundraiser Stars talk up telethon minus Jerry Lewis MDA's treatment of Jerry Lewis "disgraceful" MDA asks USA for $1 more in telethon without Lewis ...

The telethon pulled in nearly $59 million last year. ‘As MDA continues the growth Jerry Lewis has done so much to inspire, all of us who’ve been privileged to work beside him, and the hundreds ...

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 ...

The Muscular Dystrophy Association has decided to end their telethon, famously hosted by comedy legend Jerry Lewis for 61 years straight until 2011. Lewis told FOX411 at the Friars Club Salute to ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...