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Legendary 'King of Comedy' Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 16 – Jerry Lewis raised $2.5 billion for muscular dystrophy research through his telethon and inspired his son’s global wheelchair charity work for disabled children and adults.

Summary by The Forward
DALLAS — Christopher J. Lewis stood at his booth in the midst of a sprawling exhibit hall earlier this year as 2,000 physicians, researchers, pharmaceutical representatives, journalists and rare disease patients mingled in Dallas to mark the 75th anniversary of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Yet Lewis wasn’t here to hype the latest gene therapy or give lectures. Rather, he just wanted to tell his story — and that of his famous father, a Jew…

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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