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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon is ending its annual Labor Day telethon, a television tradition for decades that has slowly disappeared from view since the sudden end of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this Sept. 7, 1998, file photo, Jerry Lewis stands in front of a countdown board after announcing a record $51.5 million in pledges and contributions for the fight against neuromuscular diseases ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...