Associated Press
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 1976, file photo, entertainers Dean Martin, left, and Jerry Lewis appear together on Lewis’s annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Las Vegas, Nev. Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91. His publicist said Lewis died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/File)
By Jesse Granger
Sun, Aug 20, 2017 (12:44 p.m.)
Comedy legend Jerry Lewis died Sunday morning at age 91 in Las Vegas.
Lewis was known for "The Bellboy" and "The Nutty Professor," was featured in Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" and appeared as himself in Billy Crystal's "Mr. Saturday Night."
Scores of celebrities took to Twitter to say goodbye to the man that inspired many of today’s best comedians, and many Las Vegas establishments paid their homage.
Here is a small sample-
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