Legendary partnership with Dean Martin started in the 1950s.
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Legendary actor Jerry Lewis died on Sunday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. Lewis partnered with Dean Martin in the 1950s for comedy shows, and starred in the 1960s films The Bellboy and The Nutty Professor. With his annual Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy telethon, Lewis raised more than $2.45 billion. He dealt with decades of health problems, including open heart surgery, addiction to prescription drugs, prostate cancer, a heart attack, and pulmonary fibrosis.
