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 ...

He Was One of a Kind' How Jerry Lewis Raised $2.6 Billion for Charity with His Famous Muscular Dystrophy Telethons Jim Carrey, Robert De Niro Lead Celebrity Tributes to Jerry Lewis: 'He Didn't ...

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 ...

She was 68. Ford also showed up 13 times on Fox's Comic Strip Live and eight times on Jerry Lewis' Labor Day telethon, which raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Ford was on the ...