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Jerry Lewis: Life in Photos

The comedian and trailblazing filmmaker died Sunday at age 91

Published on August 20, 2017 02:10PM EDT

Jerry Lewis Through the Years

Jerry Lewis — Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jerry Lewis, the hilarious and hugely influential rubber-faced comedian, trailblazing filmmaker, and tireless Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser, died of natural causes Aug. 20 at age 91. Ahead, see the performer's life in photos.

1951

Dean Martin looks ironically Jerry Lewis who touches himself the brow — Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

1952

Jerry Lewis — Paramount Pictures/Getty Images

Circa 1952

Martin And Lewis — Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images

Circa 1955

Martin And Lewis — Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images

November 9, 1956

Person To Person — CBS via Getty Images

1957

Jerry Lewis — Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Circa 1960

Jerry Lewis — Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Circa 1960

Jerry Lewis — Archive Photos/Getty Images

Circa 1960

Jerry Lewis — Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images

November 19, 1961

The Ed Sullivan Show — CBS via Getty Images

March 16, 1962

JERRY LEWIS — ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images

October 19, 1963

JERRY LEWIS — ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images

April 16, 1968

The Jerry Lewis Show — Fred Sabine/NBCU Photo Bank

Circa 1969

James Brown And Jerry Lewis — Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

1970

Portrait of Jerry Lewis — Angelo Deligio/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

1970

Jerry Lewis in Focette — Angelo Deligio/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

July 15, 1970

CBS — CBS via Getty Images

January 27, 1971

Kraft Music Hall - Season 13 — NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

February 5, 1973

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Season 11 — NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

September 1976

Jerry Lewis — Frank Edwards/Archive Photos/Getty Images

1976

GettyImages-1358687 — MDA/Getty Images

September 28, 1977

SEP 27 1977, SEP 28 1977; Lewis, Jerry - Ind - Comedian; Jerry Lewis keeps a notebook on various pro — Dave Buresh/The Denver Post via Getty Images

November 19, 1983

Saturday Night Live - Season 9 — Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

October 16, 1986

Jerry Lewis — Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images

December 5, 1987

US humorist, comedian, director and sing — AFP/Getty Images

Circa 1989

Jerry Lewis — Kypros/Getty Images

1994

Actor Portrait Session — Ann Summa/Getty Images

February 26, 2001

Comedian Jerry Lewis speaks at a congressional hearing in Wa — Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Image

August 28, 2002

GettyImages-1358577 — MDA/Getty Images

September 5, 2004

39th Annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon — Kevin Winter/Getty Images

October 12, 2004

Jerry Lewis Hosts Special Screening of "The Nutty Professor" — Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

February 10, 2005

55th Berlin International Film Festival - "Man to Man" - Arrivals — Kurt Vinion/WireImage

September 4, 2006

2006 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon - Day 2 - at The South Coast Hotel and Casino Resort — Denise Truscello/WireImage

September 3, 2007

Jerry Lewis Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon — Ethan Miller/Getty Images

November 22, 2008

Moving Image Presents Jerry Lewis in Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich — Theo Wargo/WireImage

February 22, 2009

81st Annual Academy Awards - Show — Kevin Winter/Getty Images

September 29, 2010

Jerry Lewis Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony — Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images

July 29, 2011

2011 Summer TCA Tour - Day 3 — Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

April 5, 2013

An Evening With Jerry Lewis: "Dean & Me" — Bobby Bank/WireImage

April 12, 2014

TCM Classic Film Festival - Jerry Lewis Hand And Footprint Ceremony — Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images

September 30, 2015

Global Gaming Expo's Casino Entertainment Awards — Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images

September 21, 2016

Friars Club Honors Martin Scorsese With Entertainment Icon Award — Kevin Mazur/WireImage

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