Jerry Lewis relaxes in his Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon office at South Point, Aug. …

Jerry Lewis relaxes in his Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon office at South Point, Aug. ...

Jerry Lewis relaxes in his Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon office at South Point, Aug. 30, 2008. The 22-hour telethon ran on Labor Day weekend from 1966 to 2010 and often was based in Las Vegas. (Ralph Fountain/Las Vegas Review-Journal)