| LC control no. | n 50053444 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Lewitch, Joseph, 1926-2017 Levitch, Joseph, 1926-2017 Levitch, Jerome, 1926-2017 |
| Birth date | 1926-03-16 |
| Death date | 2017-08-20 |
| Place of birth | Newark (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Las Vegas (Nev.) |
| Affiliation | Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Motion picture producers and directors Composers Screenwriters Comedians Singers |
| Found in | The Nagger. [Phonodisc] 1963. Lewis, P. I laffed till I cried, 1993: CIP galley (Jerry Lewis, b. Joseph Levitch, on Mar. 16, 1926, in Newark, N.J.) IMDb, Jan. 23, 2010 (Jerry Lewis; b. Mar. 16, 1926, Newark, N.J.; alternate name, Martin & Lewis; actor, director, writer, producer, composer) Wikipedia, website viewed 20 November 2013 (Jerry Lewis, born March 16, 1926 as Joseph Levitch in Newark, New Jersey; American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter, and film director; known for slapstick humor in film, television, stage, and radio; lifetime achievement awards from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Film Festival; has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day Telethon and national chairman of the MDA) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 21, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 20: Jerry Lewis; b. Mar. 16, 1926, Newark; most sources, including his 1982 autobiography, give his birth name as Joseph Levitch, but Shawn Levy, author of the exhaustive 1996 biography King of comedy, unearthed a birth record that gave his first name as Jerome; d. Sunday morning [Aug. 20, 2017], Las Vegas, aged 91; comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century) |
| Associated language | eng |
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