| 08/08/2011 7:23 am |
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 OFFLINE | August 05, 2011|By Steven Zeitchik and Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times
For the first time in 45 years, Jerry Lewis will not be pleading for donations in front of a camera Labor Day weekend after he was abruptly dismissed as the host of the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.'s telethon, an event that drew attention to the childhood disease and in its heyday was an annual television highlight.
The group said the 85-year-old legendary comedian would not appear on this year's telethon, and would no longer serve as its national chairman, a position he held for nearly 60 years. The telethons have raised nearly $2.5 billion, the MDA said.
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| 08/08/2011 9:38 am |
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OFFLINE | Me too...Jane...so sad... |
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| 08/08/2011 9:44 am |
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OFFLINE | Jerry Lewis ... a GREAT American. |
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| 08/10/2011 3:04 pm |
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OFFLINE | :***( |
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| 08/14/2011 6:37 pm |
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OFFLINE | Oh man what is the world coming to.Jerry Lewis has been with the telethon all of my life. I looked forward to watching him. I am saddened by his dismissal. |
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This news makes me sad.
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