Jerry Lewis, king of comedy, dead at 91

Jerry Lewis, the “king of comedy” who dominated 1950s Hollywood, has died at the age of 91.

His publicist, Candi Cazau, said the American comic died Sunday morning of natural causes in Las Vegas with his family by his side.

Figures from the world of film paid tribute to the American entertainer, known for hit films such as The Nutty Professor and for his comedy double-act with Dean Martin.

Jamie Lee Curtis, whose mother Janet Leigh starred with Lewis in films such as Living it Up and Three on a Couch, tweeted:

Jim Carrey tweeted:

Here’s one of the classic Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin sketches:

What is your favourite Jerry Lewis movie/memory?

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Jerry

May you give the angels a laugh in heaven as you did to us on earth.

So many how xan you pick just one, He was a comedy genius, and so

happy to say I grew up with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies, and

it was good, oh so witty and clean fun.

So many how can you pick just one, He was a comedy genius, and so

happy to say I grew up with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies, and

it was good, oh so witty and clean fun.

How can you pick just one, so many great ones - he was a comedy genius.

I am happy to say I grew up with all those great Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

movies - they were great, entertaining, clever and clean.

How can you pick just one, so many great ones - he was a comedy genius.

I am happy to say I grew up with all those great Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

movies - they were great, entertaining, clever and clean.

How can you pick just one, so many great ones - he was a comedy genius.

I am happy to say I grew up with all those great Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

movies - they were great, entertaining, clever and clean.

do you have a stutter Troubadour ????

There are so many wonderful movies starring the one and only Jerry Lewis,he was such a fantastic comedian he made you laugh until you achedg and the tears ran down your cheeks , the one which stuck in my mind like so many others was the clown in the big top he played the clown,but really there were so many which can one choose,we have lost one of the greatest comedians this world has ever known,I don't think there will ever be another comedian like Jerry Lewis,he will be sadly missed R.I.P.Dear Jerry such a wonderful part of my childhood at the afternoon flicks may you never be forgotten always remembered forever you were simple the greatest Comedian,xxx

Never found Jerry Lewis all that funny to be honest...have seen one mimicry skit I thought quite clever...but in the main found his 'slap stick' a bit annoying at times...

But anyway RIP Jerry Lewis - you just weren't my cup of  tea humour-wise...

Agree but RIP 

I would have thought being Jewish that his humour would have been cleverer . 

But he did come from an era of American slapstick 

Which never appealed to me .,

I have just been going through some of the films on YouTube featuring Jerry Lewis. He was a genius, he could sing, dance and had great timing. Just watch him doing the Typewriter mime, never missed a beat. And watching him in Cindafella dancing, it was brilliant, and dancing the Jitterbug with Cherri North, fantastic. As children we loved him and I bought the DVD of him in "The Nutty Professor", for my grand daughter a few years ago, and she just loved it. VALE Jerry Lewis, thanks for all the happy times. Rest in Peace.


R.I.P Jerry...loved your humour although I knew each time what was coming next...and who can forget his famous version of "Never Smile at a Crocodile."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQzkOiWbGA


A Comic genius of his time.  Good clean laughs.  He didn't need foul language to get a laugh.  RIP Jerry Lewis.

 His most unknown talent was raising money for charity, he was credited with having raised far more than any other person ever . During the supposed feud with Dean Martin he anonymously commissioned a songwriter to pen the hit Amore which restarted Martin's career .

Met Jerry Lewis in Sydney a few years ago when he addressed the charity Muscular Dystrophy the organization he supported most of his lfe, giving and raising millions of dollars for MD research and support for suffers.

A geat comic and humanitarian who will be sadly missed 

RIP Jerry

he was not my cup of tea as far as humour went,     but he did a lot of good with  raising money for his cause,     from what i read,    he was not a well person ,  for a lonf time before his death,       but R,I,P, JERRY LEWIS,   

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