In 2011, MDA announced that Lewis was abruptly stepping down ... frequently appeared with her father on his annual MDA ...

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 ...

In 2011, MDA announced that Lewis was abruptly stepping down ... frequently appeared with her father on his annual MDA telethon. In 2009, Jerry’s youngest son, Joseph Lewis, died by suicide ...

2011, was also the first edition without Jerry Lewis as host. Nigel Lythgoe, Jann Carl, Alison Sweeney and Nancy O'Dell, all who were originally tapped to co-host the telethon with Lewis ...

Either way -- and the "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon" has been called both -- the 35th show will go on this Labor Day weekend, with a lineup of entertainment led by the man himself. It airs locally ...