King of Comedy Jerry Lewis got good news today, when a judge dismissed a firearms charge against the famed comedian for attempting to carry an unloaded concealed weapon through McCarran Internationl Airport in Las Vegas last July.Lewis claimed that it was an innocent enough oversight, having forgotten he placed the weapon, which he received as a gift, in his travel bag over a year ago.
Well, all that's true and I'm glad for Jerry, but that's not the real reason for this post. I just wanted to spotlight a living legend who for over fifty years, when still partnered with Dean Martin, began his one-man crusade against Muscular Dystrophy -- and he's selflessly raised about a billion and a half dollars for the cause.
For that, Light Writer tips his hat off to him. 82-year-old Lewis is really the last funnyman, of note, still alive from comedy's golden era.
They don't make 'em like they used to, folks. God bless him.
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