jerry inviting "e.t." walks and milestone moments. >> is this going to be on television? oh, my god. oh, god. >> his childlike sense of joy never left jerry. his first taste of fame came in the 1940s through his partnership with dean martin. ♪ >> dean was the handsome straight man, and jerry the slapstick clown. >> let me see your grip. >> oh, i know that one. jujitsu. isn't that good? >> i was on that stage 60% of the time stunned at watching the magic that he fed me for me to spring from. >> but the two had a bitter breakup in 1956 when they went out to pursue solo careers. jerry headlined classic comedies like "cinderfella" and "the nutty professor." >> just don't do something. sit there. that is -- class dismissed. >> he often directed his own movies and in 1982 proved he could also act in dramatic roles like "the king of comedy" opposite robert de niro. >> i have a life, okay? >> well, i have a life too. that's not my responsibility. >> one of the most memorable moments from his telethon, was when fra

and i think jerry summed up jerry there. to expose himself really defined his comedy when it worked, is that he was completely fearless. and it was, you know, it was this guy desperate who'd been not quite abandoned by his parents, but abandoned by long stretches who was sort of desperately, eagerly, and willing to do anything to get the approval and the laughs of that crowd. >> and that heartiness. he was so honest, as you know, talking about interviewing him. some interviewers not being so successful as you were, and he had discussed in some of those how he had considered taking his life, how he had dealt with certain types of addiction. describe some of the tough times. at the end, of course, him making it through all of that. >> some of the -- excuse me, some of the videos you're showing shows jerry's unbelievable willingness to give up his body for a laugh. he did just about every stunt in every one of those movies by himself. left him addicted to painkillers, he had cancer, couple of heart attacks. last 20 years of jer

this gentleman right here is jerry. he works for nasa. hi, jerry. how are you doing?f and sitting here reading physics today, why did you come out? >> saw one in 1979 and it was fantastic, and it's a life-changing experience, if you think about it. people don't realize that. you'll hear people screaming and crying and it's such an exciting thing. >> reporter: it is that amazing? >> as someone who has seen one before what is the number one tip that you'll have for people watching this time around. >> make sure you watch it, a lot of people want to take pictures. >> it only lasts 2:03. watch it safely with special glasses that are approved and the right way to go because if not, it could be a very dangerous thing. have fun, guys. thomas, i'll throw it back to you. >> everybody looking for those special glasses. jacob, if you can overnight me a pair, if you can find one from your friends in madras. i haven't been able to score a pair yet. >> you got it. >> be very careful out there, thomas. >> yes, i'm going to find my glasses, but i want to make sure if i don't find my

so was jerry against jerry. i remember i got to vegas, i was so excited i was going to do jerry lewis and i was going to come out, right? i left my shirt, my tuxedo at home and jason come here joe, come over here. i go into the dressing room, literally the shirt off his back.i wore his shirt and we do jerry against jerry. he was a joe! and i would say jerry! and the respect and compassion i cannot tell you. i think it hurts so much today because i mean the brilliance of course of him passing away yesterday but, jerry was a jersey boy. he understood comedians. >> it was that zest for life you do that again! do the jerry! it is his physical comedy, the sense of timing, his creativity, you put it all together and you mentioned the muscular dystrophy telethon. he did that for 44 years. there was a giant humanitarian there. >> yes. and do not forget, he invented there is a playback that you do on video, the video playback when you shoot film. he invents that. he was in my mind a comic genius but also a cinematic geni

jerry and i in las vegas. this was around 1989. >> 32, what's he wearing? what's the number? >> he was wearing some kind of jersey. this is a picture of me and sammy davis after i wrote for jerry, i had the honor of meeting sammy. and this is a picture that jerry gave me after the roast. thanks for all of your help from 1986. i can't believe it was over 30 years ago. >> time flies. >> amazing. >> thank god we don't age. >> you don't. >> thank god we all stay the same. >> i can't thank you for coming in and sharing how you worked with jerry lewis over the years, who had done so much, not only in entertainment as we know, also in his volunteer work. >> it was amazing what he did for muscular dystrophy. the night i was with him in his hotel room, they discovered a

jerry had the quality. a very good interview that raymond deroyio did, one of the last big interviews that you should show clips of that, quite revealing. he was the abbott of the friar's club the last several years. >> let me ask you real quick, jerry lewis, when you watched him on the screen, it's been actually wonderful to learn a lot more about somebody who was quite frankly way before my time today. he played such a goof ball on the screen, and such a character, but comedy is hard. anybody in show business will tell you that. you got to be smart to do comedy right, and despite the character he put on the screen, this is a very intelligent man that really knew the craft? >> he was a total professional. like i said, he wrote -- he was an otor. he was nominated for a global peace prize for work with muscular dystrophy. his genius as a comic genius and who he inspired, countless comedians who have been inspired by jerry lewis and his comic genius. again, it goes bar none his contribution. just expansive. i

the comedian jerry lewis dead at the age of 91. best known for iconic movies like "the 234u9 nutty professor slapstick during his run with dean martin. this was key, a humanitarian. hosting the muscular dystrophy telethon for decades, and a true legend remembered by fans and entertainment and by the many children whose lives he touched. >>> larry king sat down -- >> reporter: he was born joseph lubitsch in 1926 and became known to the world at jerry lewis. a zany and lovable fool in films such as "the bellboy" and "the nutty professor." he hit it big teaming up with another young entertainer, dean martin. >> dean was the virile macho and i was the monkey, and i knew we had lightning in a barrel. >> reporter: martin and lewis became one of the most popular comedy teams in history. thousands of sold out performances, 16 hit movies and dozens of radio and tv appearances. on his own, lewis signed a seven year $10 million contract with paramount in 1959. at that time, it was the largest contract ever between a studio and performer. lewi

you say, jerry's kids there.is own, but i remember that phrase, as a kid growing up. we knew the beneficiaries of his fund-raising, victims of muscular dystrophy as jerry's kids. a very much recognized phrase in american. it's interesting as you describe him. clearly, his emotional tie to them was very strong. >> exactly. very, very strong, and very few people also realize that over the course of all of those years, 2.45 billion dollars has been raised. and so labor day is not the same. >> hmm. >> jerry lewis, labor day comes and goes. no significance of labor day weekend. >> $2.5 billion raised for those kids. as you said, a lot of person time spent with jerry lewis, the man himself. candi cazau thanks very much for joining us and giving us a better sense of him. >> all right. thank you. >>> please, stay with us. we'll be back with more. so we sent that sample i doff to ancestry. i was from ethnically. my ancestry dna results are that i am 26% nigerian. i am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture

entertainer jerry lewis has died. he spent more than 60 years in show business, but his greatest legacy may be the billions he raised for charity. >>> nuclear tensions, a region on edge as the u.s. and south korea plan joint military drills. could it provoke a responserom kim jong-un? >>> historic find. the wreckage of an american warship is discovered deep in the american pacific, more than 72 years after the japanese torpedoed her in the final days of world war ii. >>> and dance dreams. how one summer camp is making a difference for hundreds of kids with lessones that go far beyond the stage. "nightly news" begins now.

entertainer jerry lewis has died.spent more than 60 years in show business, but his greatest legacy may be the billions he raised for charity. >>> nuclear tensions, a region on edge as the u.s. and south korea plan joint military drills. could it provoke a respse from kim jong-un? >>> historic find. the wreckage of an american warship is discovered deep in the american pacific, more than 72 years after the japanese torpedoed her in the final days of world war ii. >>> and dance dreams. how one summer camp is making a difference for hundreds of kids with lessones that go far beyond the stage. "nightly news" begins now. >> from

jerry lewis and dick gregory were known to give all to others. cornel bernard joins us with more about their lives and legacies. >> that's right, eric. many considered jerry lewis the king of comedy and humanitarian. dick gregory faced racism with his humor. the passing of jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> really? >> yeah, because i was the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny. especially in his younger days. >> i true comedy legend, jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and prattfalls were the foundation of his career. >> his expressions and over the top humor. as kids we just thought git was hilarious. >> donald lacy remembers watching those famous bud movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> here you are. >> later when lewis made and directed his own films, like "the nutty professor" but it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for musculardestroy association.

y i know you met jerry lewis in the 1980s.ctions. >> jerry was such a different generation from us. and when i first met him in montreal, i was talking about -- i was just kind of blaise. you know, jerry. no big deal. he's an old guy. doesn't mean much to us now. sitting around talking to the other comedians. and i was very blaise. didn't mean anything. then jerry walked into the room and made eye contact with me and all of a sudden all the kind of cool and hip just went away and i absolutely fell apart, like i would have if i had met him when i was 10 years old and going to see all his movies. there's no exaggeration that i completely broke down and sob d sobbed. after that, i did the telethon. he just had a movie that opened last year here in vegas. i went to that opening. exactly the right age, the comedy movies my parents took me to. he was just everything. and although he was such a wild man, an inspiration in everything he did and always funny. you know, always funny. i flew an airplane with him. you would sit on the sea

that character the played, jerry langford, jerry lewis imbued that character with a lot of what he knewerformance, and opened the door in terms of dramatic performances that jerry lewis door in terms of dramatic performances thatjerry lewis would do later in his life, such as just recently where he played in max rose. so then later in his career, he was still able to break down barriers and try new things in a very kind of varied way. tim grierson from screen international, thank you. the wreckage of a us warship sunk by the japanese in 1945 has been discovered north east of the philippines. the uss indianapolis was found more than three miles below the surface. it had just completed a secret mission to deliver parts for the hiroshima nuclear bomb when it was hit by japanese torpedoes. more than 800 sailors died, the largest loss of life at sea in the history of the us navy. sarah corker reports. for 72 years, the final resting place of the uss indianapolis had been a mystery. that's it, we've got it — the indy. 500 kilometres beneath the surface of the philippine sea, these are the fir

rest in peace, jerry lewis, you'll be missed." rob schneider tweeted "oh no, jerry lewis just died. another comic legend has left us. martin and lewis, nobody bigger." lewis raised over $1.6 billion in 45 years. in an interview with "vanity fair," they asked him, how would you like to die. well, in true lewis fashion, he said, i didn't know we had a choice. richard? >> the key piece of trivia there you brought up, morgan, he was wildly popular across the world, but especially in france, once again, one of the hallmarks of his success over the years. nbc's morgan radford, thank you so much. tribute there to jerry lewis. >>> now if you're just joining us today, dead at the age of 91. we'll have more on him later. but for now, a break. the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. heri think i might burst..... totally immersed weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break direct with hilton.com and

jerry was 20.medy team of martin and lewis quickly became the hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. >> i like it. i like it. >> i thought so. >> having conquered new york, the pair went hollywood. >> what are you doing back there? sleeping? >> i'm standing back here like a horse working like a dog. >> their first picture, 1949, was box-office gold and led to a string of 16 martin and lewis hits. >> there they go! >> but after a decade of non-stop movies, recording sessions, television and nightclub appearances, history's most successful comedy duo called it quits. years later, lewis would write the difference between the magic of martin and lewis and other acts was that most comedy teams involved two men. theirs, lewis said, involved a handsome man and a -- >> we will pick up right where we left off. you've already hit me. i'm down here. >> did i hurt you? >> no. >> following the breakup, lewis hit the ground running. he wrote, starred, and sometimes directed a series of paramount hits tha

jerry lewis and dick gregory were known to give all to others. cornel bernard joins us with more about their lives and legacies. >> that's right, eric. many considered jerry lewis the king of comedy and humanitarian. dick gregory faced racism with his humor. the passing of jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> really? >> yeah, because i was the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny. especially in his younger days. >> i true comedy legend, jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and prattfalls were the foundation of his career. >> his expressions and over the top humor. as kids we just thought git was hilarious. >> donald lacy remembers watching those famous buddy movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> here you are. >> later when lewis made and directed his own films, like "the nutty professor" but it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for musculardestroy association

ladies and gentlemen, please will join me in welcoming jerry and tracy. >> this is jerry, and this is tracy. >> wow. look at all of you. welcome. i'm sorry. [inaudible] >> okay. give us just a second to get set up. >> i'm going to turn this whole thing over to you. >> nice try. >> what you need to know before we really shared too much about this is that this book would not have been possible had it not been for my partner, jerry bell. jerry and i have known each other, according to facebook three years, and i guess it was about two years ago, after a year of stocking each other on facebook, we knew a lot of the same friends, we were reading a lot of the same books and one day i got either a facebook message or an e-mail that said hey, if you are coming to d.c. anytime soon, i'd like to talk to about a book idea i have. what jerry did not know was that i had no intention, after having already put together for military books, of working on another military book. and so, as it so happened, my husband was a coach for the washington nationals two years ago and so it had to be in d.c. i con

song tribute to the late great george michael and your name is no jerry corner oh just jerry we can be on first name tons jerry hall and i just got married in our well as your maiden name yes it was i think americans might name me more of holly well it would bring any they were holly well mary how we were all on a harley were just chairs jerry just jerry want to do horner my husband your mother ok. he runs a race team here for the f one formula one team. loyola what a title well it kind of a thing the title is i wrote that when george died and i did michael george michael died and i didn't know what to do i was in the middle of writing songs i love writing and it's kind of saying i think we're all good people but we've all got crosses to bear in a and it's it's kind of saying that you know we feel sad but then there's a joy in it as well basically so i wrote it in tribute to him a world you know. it was one of those people that i don't know. if you have more life experience than i do but i think when the chips hit the fan so to speak i think you find out he friends are what you made of

corner i'll just jerry we can be unfastened and jerry when i just got married in alamo is your maiden name yes it was they say i think americans might not mean. holly well but it would burn any they were holly well mary having grown on a holly lot just chairs jerry just want to do horner my husband yeah member him ok. he mounted re thirteen the f one had the f on formula one thing faith in light of what a title well. it kind of is saying that the title is i wrote that when george died and i did market you know george michael died and i didn't know what to do i was in the middle of writing songs i love writing and it's kind of saying that i think we're all good people but we've all got crosses to bear you know and it's it's kind of saying you know we feel sad but then there's a joy in a as well basically so i wrote it in tribute to him a world you know. is one of those people that i don't know about. you have more life experience than i do i think when the chips hit the fan so to speak i think you find out he friends are what you made of and i didn't have to see him all the time but wh

jerry lewis, dead at the age of 91.ive in the "cnn newsroom." your big idea... will people know it means they'll get the lowest price guaranteed on our rooms by booking direct on choicehotels.com? hey! badda book. badda boom! mr. badda book. badda boom! book now at choicehotels.com ♪ >>> stanley! on the double! ♪ >> this is a seen from the 1960 film "the bellboy"i starring th late, great, jerry lewis. he shot to fame as part of a double act with crooner dean martin and later starred in filmses such as "the nutty professors" as well as others. and featured tonight, "history of comedy," cliff, you can't talk about the history of comedy without talking about jerry lewis. give us a sense of the impact he had. >> well, jerry lewis in the lett '40s, throughout the 1950s was probably the most famous comedian in the world. maybe the most pop flar his comedy team, martin and lewis. they were the closest thing comedy ever will to beatlemania. the famous newsreel images of playing the paramount, girls screaming, clutching at their

a lot of people of this generation already paying great tribute to jerry lewis and stop jerry,.ibe them asa taking to twitter to describe them as a great humanitarian. we have also heard from whoopi goldberg, who called the death ofjerry lewis again for heaven but a big loss for, say as she put it. and jim carey has said that rule was no dummyjerry lewis was a great person. because without calibration betweenjerry lewis and dean martin, they teamed up lewis and dean martin, they teamed up in atlantic et, went on to make more than a dozen films together and to host the colgate comedy hour, very popular show on nbc. basically, itjerry very popular show on nbc. basically, it jerry lewis very popular show on nbc. basically, itjerry lewis was this dude will stop dean martin was the ladies man. and they split acrimoniously, didn't talk to each other for more than 20 yea rs, before talk to each other for more than 20 years, before being reunited by, of all people, franks sinatra at a muscular dystrophy telephone which jerry lewis hosted for many years, raising a lot of money for the ch

a look back at the incredible lives of jerry lewis and dick gregory. >> and eclipse mania is reaching totality. we'll take you from south carolina to illinois, and even wyoming, for a preview of it all. >>> "early today" starts right now. >> thanks for starting your week with us. i'm frances rivera. search and rescue operations are now under way for ten american sailors who went missing after the "uss john s. mccain," a navy destroyer, crashed into an oil tanker near singapore. at least five sailors were injured in the collision, which the navy is currently treating as an accident. nbc news global editor kyle perry is in seoul, south korea, this morning. kyle, what's the latest on this crash? >> reporter: well, phillip, as you said, that search and rescue is still under way. an hour left before darkness falls. it's a joint rescue mission between the navy and the navy in singapore. this comes on the heel of an another accident, the uss fitzgerald, seven u.s. sailors killed in that. an eerily similar incident. the question that everybody has for the seven fleet, how could this have happ

and he said jerry hates those. >> selfies? >> yeah, he hates those phones.s a guy came over with a regular camera -- >> and that was cool? >> and he did all his famous jerry lewis faces grabbing on to me. >> he's an amazingly talented guy, but what do you think will stand out for him career wise or is it several different things? >> for me, i think it was "the nutty professor" i think when they announce a cure for muscular dystrophy, they'll have to put a statue of him. >> they raised well over $400 million for mda. i kind of spoiled it first before i played that sound bite, but i needed to put something up, because i know you're a fan of politics and what's going on. but this is a clip on john oliver, but i need to your confirmation on something. can we play that clip? >> have you ever heard him speak? seriously, what does his voice sound like? you don't know, do you? and it wasn't easy, but we did actually find an interview of him talking on tv in 2009, and here it is. >> my main business is real estate and now it's the newspaper and other online media. >>

jerry lewis went on to star in his own series of slapstick comedies. nick higham looks back at his life. here, enjoy yourself! jerry lewis' goofy comedy made him the world's best paid movie star. with their visual gags, the cartoon—like nature of his films left some people cold. but they were immensely popular. i wrote the joke thinking, wouldn't it be marvellous if the elastic face that we have, that can do so much, wouldn't it be marvellous if our bodies were elastic? so that we could do equally as much with them in animation? he was bornjoseph levitch in 1926 into a family ofjewish entertainers in newjersey.

are not quite as cornelius jerry.lets go to page one of 22 for those of you following along and i will read a bit of her bio first. cornelia ford was born in 1919 and she died in 1943. she was part of the us women's auxiliary flying squadron. on the morning of december 7, 1941, civilian instructor pilot cornelia fort was airborne with a student pilot at an interstate cadet monoplane over pearl harbor. she sought military aircraft fly directly at her. she took the controls and pulled up over the oncoming plane only then did she see the rising sun emblem on its wings. moments later she realized that pearl harbor was under attack. japanese zeros straight her plane, but she landed and ran to safety with her student pilot. in 1942, nancy hartness love invited for it, didn't-- then just 23 to join the women's auxiliary squadron later merged with the women's air force service pilots or whop. here's a little expert-- excerpt. i knew i was going to join the women's auxiliary ferrying squadron before the organization was realit

comedian jerry lewis passed away today at 91.e rose to stardom during the golden age of television in the '50ss and '60s and one of the most influential comics of the century. he also helped raise millions for jerry's kids, children with muscular dystrophy. here's a look at his life. >> reporter: in his hey day, no bigger hit than jerry lewis. the rubber faced funny man was a true entertainer. the slapstick star of stage, cinema and television. >> confused, unbalanced young man with only one thought in mind. self-destruction. >> reporter: lewis first found fame at 20 when he teamed up with dean martin in 1946. >> and now the dean martin and jerry lewis show. >> reporter: martin and lewis enjoyed a ten-year run making hit movies in between engagements at nightclubs on television and radio. but it was after the act broke up that jerry lewis became a hollywood force. >> i get paid for doing what children get punished for. >> reporter: in 1959, he signed the largest contract in film history with paramount studios, writing, directing

lewis" -- >>> in heyday, there was no bigger hit than jerry lewis. he was a true entertainer. the slapstick star of stage, cinema and television. >> confused, unbalanced young man with only one thought in mind, self-destruction. >> lewis first found fame at 20 when he teamed up with singer dean martin in 1946. >> and now "the dean martin and jerry lewis show." >> they enjoyed a ten-year run making appearances on television, night clubs. >> i get paid for doing what children get punished for. >> in 1959 he signed the largest contract in film history with paramount studios, writing, directing or starring in 14 films in seven years, including his masterpiece, "the nutty professor." while many considered his humor low brow, his work was revered by the french, who inducted him into the french league of honor. perhaps his greatest achievement was the annual telethon that bore his name. he served as host when it first aired in 1966. by the time he stepped down in 2010, the event raised hundreds of millions of dollars to benefit the muscular dystrophy associ

even creating a jerry lewis day. but the role of his lifetime was hosting the annual tell -a-thon formular dystrophy association. the first was launched in 1966 , bringing attention to jerry's kid. it was also the stage used by his pal frank sinatra to re unite lewis with dean martin after a 20 year feud. a sentimental moment in tv history. >> over the years the tell -a-thon raised more than one and a half billion dollars but after nearly five decades, lewis and mda decided to part ways. he stepped down as the group's chairman and the show went on without him. >> it isn't possible, jerry to replace you, sir, you can never be replaced. >> reporter: in what would be his final appearance lewis was overcome with emotion as he sang his signature song. >> ♪ you will never walk alone ♪ >> thank you, good night. >> reporter: danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with us everyone still ahead on "eyewitness news", healing in spain, more tributes pouring in at growing memorial at the area in barcelona just d

entertainer jerry lewis has died. he spent more than 60 years in show business, but his greatest legacy may be the billions he raised for charity. >>> nuclear tensions, a region on edge as the u.s. and south korea plan joint military drills. could it provoke a response from kim jong-un? >>> historic find. the wreckage of an american warship is discovered deep in the pacific, more than 72 years after the japanese torpedoed her in the final days of world war ii. >>> and dance dreams. how one summer camp is making a difference for hundreds of kids with lessons that go far beyond the stage. "nightly news" begins now.

jerry lewis has died. the comic genius, movie star, and bumbling sidekick. >> class dismissed. >> he was also a titan of telethons, raising billions for charity. >>> trouble in trump country. after the president's mixed messages on charlottesville, and one of his worst weeks yet, a new poll shows him losing support in three key states that gave him the white house. >>> and, jackpot hacker. with lottery fever in the air, tonight, meet the computer programmer about to be sentenced for manipulating lotteries in five states, earning millions. tonight, how he rigged the numbers. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with the clock ticking down on the eve of this historic cosmic event. the moon completely blocking the sun, turning day to night. a sight no one has seen in america in nearly 40 years. anticipation growing as millions get ready. what you need to know to stay safe. the path cutting across america from the northwest to the southeast. abc news corr

jerry lewis!porter: but to many, lewis is best known for his telethons for muscular dystrophy. he raised more than $2 billion in 40-plus years on the air. >> mr. jerry lewis! >> reporter: in 2009 that earned him his only oscar, the gene hershultz humanitarian award. >> he was good at anything he tried. we've lost i think someone whose life really echoed the american century. he was an extraordinary man. >> reporter: at 91 lewis passed away peacefully surrounded by family. he lived an unforgettable life. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> another passing to note, legendary comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory has died. gregory was one of the first comedians to use humor to confront civil rights issues. he rose to fame in the 1960s and parlaid his standup career into a life of social and political activism, becoming friends with martin luther king jr. and malcolm x, later he also became a nutritional advocate and motivational speaker. dick gregory was 84. >>> as president trump returns to was

dean martin was 28, jerry was 20. together the team of martin and lewis quickly became the hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. having conquered new york, they went hollywood. their first picture for paramount, 1949 my friend irma was box office gold. it led to a string of 16 martin and lewis hits. after a decade of nonstop movies, recording sessions, television and nightclub appearances, the comedy duo called it quits. years later, lewis was right -- would write the difference between them, was that most comedy teams involve two men, there is involved a handsome man and a monkey. following the breakup, lewis hit the ground running. he wrote, starred and sometimes directed a series of paramount hits. one, the nutty professor was remade by eddie murphy in 1996, introducing a generation to jerry lewis has comic genius. in 1966, he first hosted the muscular dystrophy labor day telefon -- telethon. truly his labor of love, his annual 21 1/2 hour telethon raised well over $1 billion, for muscular dystrophy resear

jerry lewis! >> reporter: but to many, lewis is best known for his telethons for muscular dystrophy. he raised more than $2 billion in 40 plus years on the air. >> mr. jerry lewis! >> reporter: in 2009, that earned him his only oscar, the gene herschel humanitarian award. >> we lost someone whose life i think really echoed the american century. an extraordinary man. >> reporter: at 91 lewis passed away peacefully surrounded by family. he lived an unforgettable life. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> entertainment legend jerry lewis dead at the age of 91. >> we have another passing we should note. legendary comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory has died. greg which was one of the first comedians to use humor to confront civil rights issues. he rose to fame in the 1960s and then par layed his stand up career into a life of social and political activism. becoming friends with martin luther king, jr. and malcolm x. later he became a nutritional advocate and motivational speaker. dick gregory was

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comic legend jerry lewis is date.stick genius but also, i quote here, a tentative and demanding businessman that knew the nuts and bolts of his business. that was the guy that fascinated me. the comic that cut to the chase and over the many years we chatted on this very show cut through the day's headlines as well. like back in 2003, defending then president bush from critics lewis said went to far in a hapless united nations that never went far enough. so i if you can find any modern day parallels here. >> if we could get rid of the u.n., you would have a lot less trouble in the world. okay? >> neil: you might be right on that. >> i'll tell you about the u.n. as long as we give them diplomatic whatever you call it so they can park anywhere and a guy can knock off somebody and because he's got diplomatic immunity, come on. give me a break. don't tell me that 179 countries are coming here because they don't love going to shows on friday night. don't tell me 179 members of that body give a god damn of what is happening

i'm here to see jerry nunez. >> nunez. >> i'm concerned for jerry, his mental well-being right now. i have to keep him strong. right now they're presenting the evidence to the grand jury. i believe within the next week or two the grand jury will come back with an indictment. the nature this involves allegedly crimes against police officers. judges look at that as sometimes the most heinous type of crimes, you know. crimes against children, crimes against police officers. >> they really hold that against me? i had really nothing do with it. >> i understand that. that's why we have to see what the evidence is. they will try to stick it to each and every one of you with the most charges as possible. but remember, they've got to prove the charges. they've got the burden of proof. i know it's a waiting game and the days drag in here. time waits for no one. it ticks along but in here it drags. you got to man up now and hold your own and don't break and stay strong. okay? >> it pisses me off where we're all being held accountable for these actions. but new jersey state law is new jersey st

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to the end be jerry lewis did laughed best. >> where is my baby? >> reporter: in los angeles, jonathan sari, fox news. >>> we brought you susan lewis's story act woman in northeast philadelphia who claims to be jerry lewis's daughter and says she took a dna test with the comedian's son ten years ago that says they do have the same father. she shared her story with our hank flynn >> a live look at the shore, wildwood new jersey beautiful weekend to be at the beach. meteorologist kathy orr has a check of your forecast. >> well, good evening. it's very exciting, it's night before the eclipse. a lot of folks will be on the boardwalk tomorrow afternoon with their eclipse glasses. just a beautiful night. temperatures today were just about at average. the normal highs 86. philadelphia and atlantic city, pretty close, reading, trenton, allentown and even the poconos a beautiful day, a perfect ten, 78 in the city, 72 in allentown, millville at 70. in the shore really nice, boardwalk that atlantic city, 78, 78 in sea aisle, with the ocean water temperature a

of jerry lewis?an you hear us, dick? >> yeah, i heard that. i had a long history with jerry lewis. i first met him, oh, when he took over "the tonight show" actually for two weeks when johnny carson was still doing it. and he was smashingly off and onny every night for two weeks. and he was just -- killed everybody. he couldn't do anything wrong. and i remember it took me back to when i was a kid. and he first knocked me out. i liked him from the moment i first met him, actually. that was in my office at "the tonight show." he came in to me, a total stranger. and he talked so intelligently and so interestingly about his time with dean martin. that material all later became a book. and he was very much like an assistant professor or something. very articulate, not trying to be funny. and i thought this cannot be the same man who made me spit a mouthful of popcorn on the back of the neck of somebody in the theater years ago when i first saw him in nebraska. >> we heard that jerry could be serious. ofte

yet even when the movies stopped, jerry lewis was always there.very labor day for more than 40 years on the muscular dystrophy telephone. ♪ walk on >> then this. would you send my friend out, please. >> a surprise reunion after 20 years. >> send him out here. come here. >> all the crew, all my backstage people. everybody knew, but me. >> thank you so much. >> while he was admired by many. he was villified by others who said he demeaned the disabled instead he raised nearly $2 billion for the charity. jerry lewis had his own health problems, cancer, heart and lung disease. but through it all he kept performing even into his 90s. >> lech my daughter said -- like my daughter said, would you have liked not to make 90. no, i am very happy. >> my name my name is norman and i'm 9. >> reporter: and an american king of comedy. >> i have got the pictures in my head of the audiences and i just see them laughing. >> carter evans, cbs news, hollywood. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> here in t

. >>> comedian jerry lewis has died. he's not the only 20 account century icon who passed away this weekend. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has details. >> reporter: the passing of jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> reporter: really? >> because i was like the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him he was very funny, especially in his younger days. >> reporter: a true come did he legend jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and falls were the foundation of his career. >> his facial expressions and his over the top humor and as kids we thought the guy was hilarious. >> reporter: bay area comedian remembers watching those famous buddy movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> oh, dear. >> reporter: and later when lewis made and directed his own films like the nutty professor. but it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for the muscular dystrophy association w