Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

Not since, oh, Martin and Lewis has there been a showbiz breakup as sudden and inexplicable. Last year the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that Jerry Lewis was stepping down as host of its ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As Channel 5 turns 70 years old, we've been taking a look back at some of the big highlights over the years. One of the most familiar faces from our channel says one project ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and ...

In this Sept. 7, 1998, file photo, Jerry Lewis stands in front of a countdown board after announcing a record $51.5 million in pledges and contributions for the fight against neuromuscular diseases ...

To most viewers, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual pledge drive has always been known as "The Jerry Lewis Telethon." Well, not anymore. The MDA has announced that the 85 year-old comedian ...

Lewis has not publicly said why he is no longer chairman of the MDA, or why he didn't personally appear in this year's telethon. The co-hosts' remarks during the show were the first time the MDA has ...

Year after year, Susan Scribner, a Long Beach, Calif., fund-raising consultant, sits through all 21 hours of actor Jerry Lewis’s annual telethon to raise money to fight muscular dystrophy — even ...

Jerry Lewis has one more Muscular Dystrophy telethon in him. The 85-year-old star, who has helped raise more than $1 billion for the disease since starting his iconic fundraisers in 1966, said the ...

The Greater North Dakota Muscular Dystrophy Association raised a record $202,575 during this year's Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. The donations top last year's record by "a few hundred dollars," ...