JERRY LEWIS LIFE IS STILL A SCREAM FOR THE KING OF COMEDYLOUISE CONTINELLI News Staff Reporter
Lewis was also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Film Festival, and he had...
“If you just tell people: Jerry Lewis wrote, directed and starred in a drama about a clown in a concentration camp leading children into the gas chambers, people say: ‘What? How have I never heard of this movie, how have I never seen it?’“You haven’t seen the film, The Day ...
At times, Lewis could only watch as the disease claimed the lives of children. "The days and hours I spent in hospital hallways waiting for the answer of this child -- was he going to live or die? And I took it very personal," Lewis told CBS News in 2016. "'How could he die?
When you get down to it, that’s the source of Jerry Lee Lewis’ formidable authority, the tension that powers his personal transformation ofrockin’from a black euphemism for sex into a numinous, supercharged mojo word that defines not just his music but his entire life. Jerry Lee Lewis kn...
Jerry Lee Lewis continued putting on brilliant concerts even in his 70s, and with his wild life behind him. He divorced his sixth wife in the summer of 2005, after over 20 years of marriage. He remained a wild man to the end! BornSeptember 29, 1935 DiedOctober 28, 2022(87) Add to ...
RIP Jerry Lee Lewis: The rock ‘n’ roll pioneer’s fiery performances were as controversial as his personal life A contemporary of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis was the last of the first wave of rock ‘n’roll pioneers that influenced every generation that followed them...
Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time Life’s “Legends of American Music” with the three-disc boxed set “Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits.” The June 13 release was overseen by Lewis and features the first two songs he ever recorded at age 16: “New Orleans Boogie” and a ...
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Kelly once compared himself to rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis — notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago — saying they were both misunderstood geniuses, a witness at Kelly's sex-trafficking trial testified Thursday. The witness recounted the comment while for the first time...