The "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon" is an annual fund-raising event that lasts overnight—the 1998 telethon, for instance, ran for more than 21 hours—and involves an array of entertainers. The ...

(JTA) — Comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis, who rose to fame working with singer-actor Dean Martin and earned plaudits as host of the Muscular Dystrophy telethon for four decades, has died.