The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has confirmed that Jerry Lewis is no longer its national chairman and will not host the charity's 2011 telethon. MDA executive R Rodney Howell said that ...

LAS VEGAS -- After 45 years promoting treatment and a cure for children he calls "my kids," comedian Jerry Lewis announced this week he is retiring as host of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy ...

Jerry Lewis has not been reinstated as the host of this year's Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon. The MDA announced earlier this month that Lewis, who has hosted the annual fundraiser since 1966 ...

LOS ANGELES — Last week at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, Jerry Lewis batted down rumors he was severing his association with the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon he ...

LAS VEGAS — Jerry Lewis said Saturday that his years of service to the Muscular Dystrophy Association helped make him a star, but he didn't provide details on his recent departure as the group's ...

The "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon" is an annual fund-raising event that lasts overnight—the 1998 telethon, for instance, ran for more than 21 hours—and involves an ...

Labor Day weekend will be very different. There will still be a Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon, but Jerry Lewis won’t be hosting. After 44 years as host, he’s retiring, but will ...

To most viewers, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual pledge drive has always been known as "The Jerry Lewis Telethon." Well, not anymore. The MDA has announced that the 85 year-old comedian ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised $59.4 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, but organizers said Monday that power outages and other disruptions from Hurricane ...

LOS ANGELES - Jerry Lewis' separation from the Tucson-based Muscular Dystrophy Association is not a laughing matter for some comedians. Paul Rodriguez, Larry Miller, Tom Dreesen, Norm Crosby and ...

Television has few traditions as strongly ingrained as the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. Adults who used to watch as kids now introduce their own children to the 21 1/2-hour, star-studded ...

Lewis, 85, issued a statement through the association calling it "time for an all new Telethon era." "As a labor of love, I've hosted the annual Telethon since 1966 and I'll be making my final ...