This year on the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Jerry spoke about how he remembers "his" kids from the telethon who have died. He mentioned Scotty Smith, etc. But what about his own personal loss? What about Joseph, his youngest son, who died of a drug overdose last year? Jerry was disappointed when his last child with Patty, his first wife, turned out to be a boy. He had an audience in his failing TV show sing, "Think Pink," a song from Broadway.
Jerry's son, Gary, of Gary Lewis and the Playboys ("This Diamond Ring"), who is in his sixties, denounced his father, Jerry, for being mean, cruel and neglectful when dealing with his sons, especially Joseph. Gary also took a blood test to see if he and a woman who came forward, claiming she was Jerry Lewis' daughter, were blood related. She is. I guess the Playboys didn't make the telethon this year.
I will say the death of Joseph Lewis was -- in my opinion -- hushed up. Jerry pulled strings. I think with Jerry it's out of sight, out of mind. Let someone else clean up the mess. He views his first marriage as a mistake. What can he do? His first wife resides in a nursing home with dementia. She's a few years older than he is.
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Gary Lewis did not take a blood test. He and his sister took a DNA test, the results of which overwhelming. Patti Lewis has not been diagnosed with Dementia, and she does not live in a nursing home. Jerry Lewis has never said his first marriage was a mistake.
By Anonymous on Jerry Lewis' Kids at 5:17 PM
Thank you, Anonymous. I meant a DNA test. I'm a member of the John F. Kennedy research community. We just call it a blood test sometimes. Actually, I call it a blood test sometimes, not them.
Where did I read that Patti Lewis was in a nursing home, diagnosed with dementia. It's possible I read this on the Huffington Post or TMZ. I like when people tell me how it really is. Jerry never said it...but in so many words. I'm a Jerryphile. He was the first entertainer I was conscious of, as my parents took me to his movies. I can remember on the Mike Douglas Show his ranting about if his wife dances with another man she can get herself a new husband. I mean, come on, that marriage was a train wreck. I think he wanted a Jewish wife. When he curses on TV, it's usually "Jesus Christ," stuff like that. Now I don't know who you are and that's fine, but I will skirt around and try to find where these stories originate. The only reason I write about Jerry is because I love him, even if I had a fat ass with a swatstika on it.
By Witness on Jerry Lewis' Kids at 6:34 PM
Gary Lewis did not take a blood test. He and his sister took a DNA test, the results of which overwhelming. Patti Lewis has not been diagnosed with Dementia, and she does not live in a nursing home. Jerry Lewis has never said his first marriage was a mistake.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anonymous. I meant a DNA test. I'm a member of the John F. Kennedy community. We just call it a blood test sometimes.
ReplyDeleteWhere did I read that Patti Lewis was in a nursing home and hasn't been diagnosed with dementia. It's possible I read this on the Huffington Post or TMZ. I like when people tell me how it really is. Jerry never said it...but in so many words. I'm a Jerryphile. He was the first entertainer I was conscious of, as my parents took me to his movies. I can remember on the Mike Douglas Show his ranting about if his wife dances with another man she can get herself a new husband. I mean, come on, that marriage was a train wreck. I think he wanted a Jewish wife. When he curses on TV, it's usually "Jesus Christ," stuff like that. Now I don't know who you are and that's fine, but I will skirt around and try to find where these stories originate. The only reason I write about Jerry is because I love him, even if I had a fat ass with a swatstika on it.
Witness
who knows what you can believe?
ReplyDeleteIt's inexcusable to bring children into the world and not protect them, nuture and guide through life to the best of your ability. It's not their choice they were born. This seems especially ugly when you have someone of great means a vast resources as Jerry Lewis. He maybe one of the most celebrated comedians of all time but he's a failure of a man and human being.
ReplyDeleteI knew one of Jerry's real sons and he told me how troubled Joseph was as a teen!!!! He would hang up the phone sometimes because he could hear Joseph yelling and I believe breaking things! He, himself, was disappointed in the type of father Jerry was and couldn't believe the moving van Jerry had come to take whatever he wanted from the house after he had left the family. Jerry may have wanted a Jewish wife but he married Patti and had 6 kids but wanted to raise one Jewish and Patti could raise the others Catholic which does sound like he should have married Jewish woman but he must have loved her at some point as they were pretty young when they married. His son told me he played mental games with his sons where money was concerned, He would decide to drop them from gas credit cards for example but not tell them like a control freak and there was always the question as to why he put so much into MD. Did he possibly have an out of wedlock chikd who had it?
DeleteSAMMY IS RIGHT! I CAN'T BELIVE THAT ALL THOSE YEARS !!! AND 38 YEARS!! JUST STOPPED!! AND TO LET PATTI WITH NO MONEY!!! AND HIS SONS!!! TO FIND OUT HE WAS LEAVING BY A GARBAGE PAPER,,, HIS NEW WIFE LOOKS LIKE PATTY WHEN PATTY WAS YOUNG!!! NOW I SEE WHY DEAN MARTIN WALKED OUT!!! I GET IT!!!!! HE KNEW WHAT KIND OF PERSON LEWIS IS!!!! DARK!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJerry Lewis, loudmouth show off...ick...never liked his persona.
DeleteIs that why for years him and Dean didn't speak cause the way he left Patty well that don't make since that was between him and Patty and none else how come Patty couldn't get more money out of him cause she still had kids at home. ..something don't add up ..Jerry always loved his kids and he loved patty very much
DeleteJerry left Patty many years after he and Dean grew up.
DeleteDean martin also walked out on his first wife four young children.
ReplyDeleteThen he and his wife adopted all 4 and Jeannie raised them as her own.
DeleteIf there is another human being anymore self obsessed than Jerry Lewis, I pray I never meet that person. What Dean and Jerry did to their wives was horrible, adding the insecurity they were raised with. I can see the men, finding another woman and completely writing off their families, because after all, Who else matters? If I had a call telling me to drive to the airport a ticket to Las Vegas would be waiting for me and I would be given $20,000 to interview Jerry Lewis for just 30 minutes, I would not just say No, but Hell No. And what's the deal with Jews cussing by saying "Jesus Christ"? Seinfeld has the insensitive habit also.
ReplyDeleteWhoops words dropped- What Jerry did (in leaving his family) added greatly to the insecurity his boys felt because of the uncaring way they were raised. Lewis was ust a very ugly human being
DeleteActually, Joe's wife wanted his death to remain private, so that both she and her young son could grieve privately amongst her family. They are very private people. She didn't even want Jerry to know of his death, because of how he disowned him in the past. He did not die alone as all the tabloid papers had stated. He died of an accidental overdose of his prescribed medicines. He didn't commit suicide like Jerry tells everyone. His brother, Anthony, and his ex-wife, Kim, were told what happened and they put their own spin it for whatever reason. Joe had his problems, but he was working through them and had been for awhile. He loved his wife and his son very much, in which, they miss him everyday. As for Patty, she has Alzheimer's and is in a private assisted living facility, the last time I asked about her. I'm tired of seeing and hearing things that aren't true about Joe. He is missed everyday by so many of us that loved him and shared our lives with him.
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ReplyDeletea death of a child no matter what age should remain very private. its disrespectful to put your own spin on what happened. i think Jerry has been apart from his first wife and children so long he probably has no feelings for them. when i first learned he married his second wife, all i felt was disgust. where was his loyalty? anyway i'm not a fan of Jerry Lewis. maybe i had an insite there.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about his private life that's none of my business I just want to say I love watching Jerry's movies and him and Dean jerry makes me laugh I love his character I wished I Had the opportunity to meet him
ReplyDeleteNone of us were Involved In their personal lives so what we know for sure Is squat..I like Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin both....The only people who know for sure are the parties themselves...I admire Jerry Lewis and his 61 years of pure devotion to the telethon.....Come on people....
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DeleteDid Patti Lewiis win her lawsuit or was she left destitute?
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