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Jerry Lewis' Most Notorious Public Feuds: Joan Rivers, Dean Martin and More
Jerry Lewis was notorious for some very public feuds throughout his life, including fall outs with Joan Rivers and Dean Martin
During an appearance on Sirius XM Radio in 2014, Rivers vowed to never perform on the MDA telethon after observing Lewis openly discussing death in front of the children he was raising money for. Disability activists – including a group calling itself Jerry’s Orphans – complained about MDA’s fundraising tactic, saying it took away the agency of people living with Muscular Dystrophy to depict them as pitiable. He also had a history of making controversial statements during the annual show, such as the time he encouraged drug-traffickers in Miami to donate their earnings to MDA in order to absolve their guilty consciences.
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