Jerry Lewis could always give you a good laugh. Jerry Lewis had his serious side as well. Every year, Jerry held the " Jerry Lewis Labor day Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. It started in 1966 and ran until poor health forced Jerry to discontinue it in 2010.
Jerry raised 2.45 billion dollars for Muscular Dystophy for research and treatment. Although adults could develop Muscular Dystophy and it's derivatives, it was mainly children who got this disease and the ones Jerry most wanted to help.
This is the signature from the Telethon.
The Telethon would run about 20 continuously and sometimes up to 21.5 hours and many screen actors and major musical talents would perform on this show. It also gave new and emerging talents a forum to showcase their respective talents. The Telethon was carried by a number of stations and grew from 64 TV stations to 213 and could be seen coast to coast. There were also a number of venues nationwide all linked together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Je...r_Day_Telethon
This doesn't include the work Jerry did behind the scenes which was unseen and generally unknown by the public.
Jerry will be missed not only because of his comedic talents but especially by those he always tried to help.
Rest in peace Jerry and thanks for everything.