Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The son of a vaudevillian, Jerry came up in comedy clubs as the zany half of the duo Martin and Lewis. After his partnership with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If confidence is key to a comedy career, then Jerry Lewis was an all-time great based on hubris alone. Not only was Lewis on top ...

Jerry Lewis’s annual Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association raised more money than ever this year, $63.7-million, according to the charity. But the actor and the event continue to ...

DALLAS — Christopher J. Lewis stood at his booth in the midst of a sprawling exhibit hall earlier this year as 2,000 physicians, researchers, pharmaceutical representatives, journalists and rare ...

The Las Vegas home of the late funnyman Jerry Lewis is up for auction, with a starting bid price of $1 million. Brumbies Capital, a private lender based in Australia, is selling the home of the Rat ...

In 1993 the film critic Shawn Levy was working on a biography of Jerry Lewis when, sitting down with the comedian on his yacht, Levy gingerly asked him about “The Day the Clown Cried.” Levy knew the ...

A powerful legislator, he became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in 2005 but faced scrutiny from the Justice Department for his ties to a lobbyist. By Richard Sandomir Once a Labor Day ...

Children: with Sandra Lewis: Danielle; with Patti Palmer: Joseph, Anthony, Christopher, Scott, Ronald and Gary Other Facts: Made his debut at age five, singing "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" at a ...