Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis rushed to hospital moments before he was due on stage

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 06/24/2011 | RICHARD SHEARS

[longfellow]

I just watched all the old colgate comedy hours with jerry and dean. great fun.
God bless Jer.

[ml/nj]

Jerry Lewis has done a lot of good work.

Not according to the libs!

ML/NJ

[Ole Okie]

That's what killed my mother and it is a horrible way to go.

My first wife died with it, 5 years after diagnosis.

Has Jerry had a lung transplant?

[katana]

It’s common to make jokes about Jerry and his “genius” status in France. But “The Bellboy” (1960) is probably as close to genuine comic genius as any film made in the last 50 years.

[dfwgator]

It's only the remaining drugs and stimulants that have kept his body animated for the past 30 years. As luck would have it, he consumed enough drugs and stimulants during the 60’s and 70’s that it has been estimated that his body will continue to move until 2217.

"Keith, we can't do any more drugs because you already did them all, alright! There's none left! We have to wait 'till you die and smoke your ashes!" - Dennis Leary

[buccaneer81]

Has Jerry had a lung transplant?

I don't think so.

[Oztrich Boy]

Who does he think he is? George Burns?

[poobear]

He did an interview several years ago regarding his condition. He was taking serious cocktails of steroids that caused him to swell up considerably at the time. Jerry said he looked in the mirror one day and proclaimed, “I look like a Sumo Jew!”.

No lung transplant. He must have some strong constitution though.

[massmike]

Jerry Lewis out of hospital!

Jerry Lewis was hospitalized Friday after he was unable to perform at a show in suburban Sydney, but his publicist said he was simply overtired and was released after a few hours.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2011-06-24-jerry-lewis-hospitalized_n.htm

[a fool in paradise]

Did Shecky Greene fill in?

[a fool in paradise]

Pinetop Perkins was playing shows until his death this year 1t 97.

Phyllis Diller is 99.

[a fool in paradise]

Pinetop Perkins was playing shows until his death this year 1t 97.

Phyllis Diller is 99.

[a fool in paradise]

[ErnBatavia]

Almost 94, but that’s gettin’ up there....

[a fool in paradise]

And Jerry's #1 impersonator died 2 years ago. Can't find the Youtube clip of them together on the Colgate Hour.

So settle for this Sammy Petrillo & Duke Mitchell trailer with Bela Lugosi instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRtIp3jylk