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Jerry Lewis made the headlines recently, but it wasn't to drum up publicity for the 44th MDA Telethon he'll be hosting in Vegas on September 2 & 3rd. The 81 year old prostate cancer survivor shocked many with his choice of words when sharing frustration over the death of his friend Merv Griffith in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
"I was very angry when I heard he died. He didn't have to die. He knew he had prostate cancer and he did nothing about it. He deserved to die."
(Note to Jerry: Huge difference between "He deserved to die." and "He didn't have to die.")
Hopefully Jerry's thoughtless wording will not hurt the telethon which raised more than $61 million last year for cutting edge treatment and research of muscular dystrophy, which is actually the name of the category name of a group of more than 30 genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement.
Some forms of MD are seen in infancy or childhood, while others may not appear until middle age or later. The disorders differ in terms of the distribution and extent of muscle weakness (some forms of MD also affect cardiac muscle), age of onset, rate of progression, and pattern of inheritance.
The prognosis for those with MD varies according to the type and progression of the disorder. Some cases may be mild and progress very slowly over a normal lifespan, while others produce severe muscle weakness, functional disability, and loss of the ability to walk. Some children with MD die in infancy while others live into adulthood with only moderate disability.
Finding a way to prevent and cure MD is way more important than boycotting the bozo running the telethon, no matter how poor a wordsmith he can sometimes be.
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8-26-2007 @ 5:39PM
Virginiap said...Jerry Lewis has no one to blame but himself for looking like a jerk over his insensitive remark about Merv Griffen. . I saw this Entertainment Tonight episode and I was horrified that Lewis would say something so ugly. Like paris hilton, who blamed her employees and others for her drunk driving problems, Lewis needs to be a man, have some class, and own up to his own stupidity. Ive known people who have met Lewis, he may mean well with his muscular systrophy involvement. But no one has one good thing to say about his rude personality.
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8-26-2007 @ 6:43PM
Virginia said...Jerry Lewis has no one to blame but himself for looking like a jerk over his insensitive remark about Merv Griffen. . I saw this Entertainment Tonight episode and I was horrified that Lewis would say something so ugly. Like paris hilton, who blamed her employees and others for her drunk driving problems, Lewis needs to be a man, have some class, and own up to his own stupidity. Ive known people who have met Lewis, he may mean well with his muscular systrophy involvement. But no one has one good thing to say about his rude personality.
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8-26-2007 @ 11:11PM
S. Kelly said...Give me a break, people! Cut the old man a little slack. Obviously, he is very emotional about the death of his friend. I'm 99.9999999% certain that Jerry Lewis doesn't REALLY think Merv deserved to die.
DUH.
Jerry's kinda gettin' up there in years and the older we get, the lower our inhibitions. The threshold for maintaining control of our emotions also drops, significantly.
What Jerry said is childish & insensitive, yes -- but it's said in an emotionally, childish way -- like a child still dealing with the horror and disbelief that his friend is gone.
If anyone boycotts the telethon over something this trivial, they have FAR deeper issues than Jerry's Freudian slip!
rant/over
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9-03-2007 @ 7:10PM
bobpax said...Jerry, we live as human beings on earth. God does not cause bad thinks to happen. But he does allow them. If God "like a father" protected us from everything in this life. We would not grow, we learn from things.
I heard a statement you made on TV Labor day week-end. And wanted you to know, bad things do happen to good people and bad. But we as humans learn to grow in god's will for our life in heaven.
I have learned a lot after my son's death at 24. Decisions we make and bad condidtions that happen in life. Is just part of living.
And we don't need to get discourage over after is happening in our life, here on earth. But we do need to help people that need help.
Thank you Jerry for all you have done for MD.
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9-03-2007 @ 7:11PM
gloria covarrubias said...I think Jerry was angry that his good freind did
nothing to fight his prostate cancer. We have the
right to speek our feelings!! I love Jerry unconditionally!! Which is something poeple dont understand. To Love Unconditionally! My father faught his prostate cancer for 15yrs, and now is in
his 80's and is tired of treatment. I love him
unconditionally, And Stand by my father like Jerry
He is a good man. He has helped MDA many years. He
is not perfect. No one is!! YET I LOVE JERRY LEWIS
anyway!! We should stand one Nation Under god have we forgotten? We need to stop looking for that bad things, and appreciate the good thing's people do!
I love you Jerry and to my father Ray N. Gloria C
From Hanford Ca,
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9-03-2007 @ 7:11PM
gloria covarrubias said...I love you Jerry Keep up the good work!!! You have
definately earned your wing's. When you get to heaven say hi to my son for me!! Love gloria C
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9-06-2007 @ 11:24PM
bobpax said...I am writing after listening to Jerry, on TV Sept. 3rd. Jerry we live as humans on earth. If God protected us from everything that the devil did. We would not grow and learn on our own. He lets us make decisions and errors in life. He does allow MD but did not cause it. Jerry has done a great job, God said for us to help others and that is what Jerry has done all his life.
It does make us mad when our love ones die, my son died at age 24.
But I have learn so much since . That when we need help we should call on God. He has help me and he can help you.
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9-04-2007 @ 12:00AM
Libby said...It saddens me for some people always looking for the bad in others instead of the good. When I heard Jerry's comment regarding Merv, I understood why he said it. He was hurting because he lost a dear and close friend and now he is gone. He was upset because Merv did not seek help to try and save his own life. You know he did not mean that he deserved to die anymore than some things that come out of our own mouth when we are upset. Give Jerry time to mourn his friend. He is sick himself and yet he helps all those children and adults with all those terrible diseases. I salute him.
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9-05-2007 @ 6:41AM
Dee said...Are you kidding me?? What has he done for the disabled?? Take money for research for one thing and that is nothing to be proud of. I live everyday with Muscular Dystrophy and Jerry Lewis makes me sick!! If he gave a damn, he would do the telethon for free and so would the actors that go on the telethon so the all the money would go to research. I commend those that donate and I say "THANK YOU" I'm just sorry that part of that goes to a disgusting old man that makes money off the disabled. I can make myself seem sympathetic on the drop of a hat too and hell for millons of $$$ I could do it for 24 hours!! Wake up people, Jerry doesn't make the telethon happen, the people in wheelchairs and their families make it happen!! It's due time to take his foot out of his mouth and shove it up his ass!!
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9-06-2007 @ 12:38PM
joe said...I think that Jerry Lewis has had a bad couple of weeks with his choice of words, but after all that he has done for the kids with MD and for their families, you can't really be mad at him. Merv did not deserve to die, and no one with cancer deserves to die, but sometimes it just happens, and it was definitally not his fault. So, Jerry may have said something a little obnoxious, but he may just be upset about the loss. Jerry has been a great inspiration to everyone for being the MD fighting icon, and he will remain that way for years to come.
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10-02-2007 @ 11:11PM
Patricia said...As for Jerry and his comments, Yes the Funny man says things and sometimes we all say unkind or cruel things to mask our own stuff/fear.
Jerry has been a performer for too too many years,
He only knows how to be on stage. He will have to make his peace when he pass on.
Love him and prayer for him to heal his own pain/fear so he too can pass without regret for wrong doings as a human.
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