Jerry Lewis finally is getting some respect from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose board of governors has voted to honor him with its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. By Gregg ...
Jerry Lee Lewis was rock & roll’s original prodigal son. When he burned brightly, in the mid-to-late 1950s, he was untouchable. Then, when he fell from grace, he was untouchable in a different way, ...
Rock ‘n’ roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis died at his Mississippi home Friday, representative Zach Farnum said in a news release. He was 87. TMZ reported Wednesday that Lewis had died, but then retracted the ...
With official reports of the death of rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis’ death, music execs, musicians, Hollywood figures and fans alike have all expressed their condolences online. Dennis Quaid, ...
Jerry Lewis remains one of Hollywood's most influential comedy stars of all time – but the actor and director was also well ...
Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock 'n' roll with hits like "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" before marital scandal derailed ...
Rock fans everywhere are mourning the loss of Jerry Lee Lewis. The New York Times reports that Lewis died on Friday, October 28, 2022, at age 87. He died in his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, ...
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 ...
In 1993 the film critic Shawn Levy was working on a biography of Jerry Lewis when, sitting down with the comedian on his yacht, Levy gingerly asked him about “The Day the Clown Cried.” Levy knew the ...
They first met in 1945, appearing on the same bill at a New York nightclub. Jerry Lewis caught Dean Martin's eye. Better still, the funny kid with the rubbery body made the whiskey-throated crooner ...
Rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis — the singer and pianist nicknamed "The Killer" — has died. He was 87 years old. Sam Philips, the founder of Sun Records — and the producer who ...
Recent stories about Jerry Lewis having harassed and assaulted actresses brought back memories I’d chosen to forget from the year and a half I worked as the comic’s secretary. Twenty-three and new to ...