2017-08-21, 06:03 AM
Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Comedian and actor Jerry Lewis has died at the age of 91.
The news of his death was first tweeted Sunday by John Katsilometes, a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
"Very sad to report entertainment legend #JerryLewis has died today at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91," Katsilometes' post read.
A second tweet from the writer cited Lewis' family as saying he died of natural causes surrounded by his loved ones.
The Hollywood Reporter said Lewis had been in poor health for many years, undergoing open-heart surgery, battling prostate cancer and suffering from the chronic lung disease pulmonary fibrosis.
Very sad to report entertainment legend #JerryLewis has died today at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91.
— John Katsilometes (@johnnykats) August 20, 2017
The New Jersey-born entertainer was one half of the comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with singer and actor Dean Martin, in the 1940s and '50s, appearing in nightclubs, as well as in the films My Friend Irma, The Caddy, The Stooge, Artists and Models, Pardners and Hollywood or Bust, Variety noted.
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i miss the good ol days when he hosted the muscular dystrophy telethon . the 1980's and 1990's had a lot of fun stars. norm crosby was greatest one liner comedian.
The news of his death was first tweeted Sunday by John Katsilometes, a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
"Very sad to report entertainment legend #JerryLewis has died today at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91," Katsilometes' post read.
A second tweet from the writer cited Lewis' family as saying he died of natural causes surrounded by his loved ones.
The Hollywood Reporter said Lewis had been in poor health for many years, undergoing open-heart surgery, battling prostate cancer and suffering from the chronic lung disease pulmonary fibrosis.
Very sad to report entertainment legend #JerryLewis has died today at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91.
— John Katsilometes (@johnnykats) August 20, 2017
The New Jersey-born entertainer was one half of the comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with singer and actor Dean Martin, in the 1940s and '50s, appearing in nightclubs, as well as in the films My Friend Irma, The Caddy, The Stooge, Artists and Models, Pardners and Hollywood or Bust, Variety noted.
Source: UPI
i miss the good ol days when he hosted the muscular dystrophy telethon . the 1980's and 1990's had a lot of fun stars. norm crosby was greatest one liner comedian.
