Lewis helped disperse the crowd after National Guard opened fire May 4, 1970. He dedicated his life to researching and memorializing that day.

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 ...

Entertainer Jerry Lewis will headline a show at the Duluth Auditorium as part of the Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling ...

Rick Saphire, who managed Jerry Lewis for the last decade and a half of his life, says parsing fact from fiction about the comedy legend is no easy feat. “I always used to say that the two worst ...

Jerry Lewis remains one of Hollywood's most influential comedy stars of all time – but the actor and director was also well known for his explosive personality away from the cameras. Lewis was never ...

KENT, Ohio — Dr. Jerry Lewis, whose more than four decades as a professor at Kent State University were highlighted by his actions both during and after the May 4 massacre, has died at the age of 88.

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 ...

Jerry Lewis’ unlikeliest project was also his unluckiest — so unlucky that it might never be finished. For a certain kind of movie buff, it is one of the last White Whales of lost cinema. In 1972, ...

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 ...