Jerry Lewis has died

Sadly those writing about his 60+ year legacy of publicly doing good and making people laugh, feel it necessary to point out that he wasn't always politically correct... yet fail to reiterate the obvious: he grew up in a time when handicapped people were openly mocked and no 'A' list stars were putting much effort into raising money to support their cause.

As a kid I watched the telethon year after year and thought he was a hero.

Martin & Lewis’s popularity is hard to imagine today. I doubt any current artist even approaches what they had. His amazing longevity can be seen in how people were introduced to him. I was born in 70, and primarily remember him as the telethon guy, but for my parents he was a movie star, and older folks remember the act.

Gilbert Gottfried has a podcast where he interviews older Hollywood types and Jerry comes up quite a bit. I'm sure they will do a memorial episode soon if anyone wants to hear firsthand stories.

Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin were so phenomenally popular and accomplished individually, that I sometimes soft-forget that Lewis and Martin were the Lewis and Martin in Lewis & Martin.

And the only thing that makes me feel older than seeing this thread, 8 hours old, with only six comments, is my joints.

I just saw him in this documentary 8 hrs ago, Dying Laughing (2016) [0]

[0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068712/

Jerry's boat anchored in San Diego

https://goo.gl/photos/UWyNtbTjYP1jxHdv7

As someone who doesn't follow entertainment & pop culture closely, how is this related to HN?

In death, we shed who we where in live- it becomes somewhat unimportant, what matters now lives on as our family and the thoughts we put into other peoples heads - our legacy.

I will always fondly remember the anarchic errand boy, mocking the grandeur of some peacocks at meetings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4v8UdkTx30

RIP.

I spent the first ten years of my life thinking he was the same guy as Jerry Lee Lewis.