Gary Lewis (born Gary Harold Lee Levitch on July 31, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician. He is the son of actor/director and comedian Jerry Lewis. He was the leader of a band called Gary Lewis & the Playboys.
Early life. Gary Lewis is the son of Jerry Lewis and singer Patti Palmer. His mother, who was performing at the time with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, intended to name him after her favorite actor, Cary Grant, but her son became "Gary" as the result of a clerical error.
How many biological children did Jerry Lewis have?
He had six sons with his first wife whom he married in 1944 and divorced in 1980. He married a second wife in 1983 and eventually adopted a newborn daughter with her. Lewis did not give any specific reasons why he disinherited his sons.
He says he and his brothers Gary and Ron were not invited to the funeral. However, his brothers Scott and Chris were. But even the brothers who got invited to the funeral where shut out of the will. Lewis left his entire estate to his second wife and their adopted daughter, Danielle.
Eventually Lewis reconciled with his father in the early 80s and the two are now close. "It was tense after I got out of the service but I straightened myself out and everything is cool again," Lewis said. "We have a wonderful relationship. He's great.
Gary Lewis Sets The Record Straight About His Famous Father
Who is Jerry Lewis's illegitimate daughter?
Inside Edition reports Suzan Lewis, who is homeless, was born out of wedlock in the 1950s after her mother, Lynn Dixon, had a three-year affair with the comedian. DNA tests show that there is an 88.7 percent certainty that she is his daughter, according to Inside Edition.
Lewis filed for bankruptcy in 1988. His petition listed over $3 million in debts, including $2 million in Internal Revenue Service debt, tens of thousands in attorney fees, and medical bills. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated to be between $10 million and $15.4 million.
His 2012 will, now public record, states: “I have intentionally excluded Gary Lewis, Ronald Lewis, Anthony Joseph Lewis, Christopher Joseph Lewis, Scott Anthony Lewis, and Joseph Christopher Lewis and their descendants as beneficiaries of my estate, it being my intention that they shall receive no benefits hereunder.”
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said Monday that Lewis' official cause of death was end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral vascular disease. Lewis was the clownish comic hailed as an artistic genius and the host for decades of annual muscular dystrophy telethons.
How old was Jerry Lewis when he married his 13 year old wife?
A public memorial service will be held today at Hernando Funeral Home in Hernando from 5 to 8 p.m. He will be laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown of Ferriday, Louisiana. Williams was Jerry Lee's second cousin once removed and married the singer in 1957 when she was only 13 years-old and he was 22.
Did Jerry Lee Lewis have any children with his 13 year old wife?
They had two children. Their son, Steve Allen Lewis, drowned in a swimming pool accident when he was three; their daughter, Phoebe, lives in Lynchburg, Virginia. Myra Williams divorced Lewis after 13 years of marriage, claiming physical and emotional abuse. She has said that his drug use led to many of their problems.
Since his passing last week, people have been remembering rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. Including his marriage, to h his 13-year-old cousin Myra Williams. The teen, who was Jerry's second cousin once removed, was nine years Jerry's junior when they eloped, and went on to have two children together.
The fact is, Jerry's kids, children who suffer from the degenerative disease muscular dystrophy, are still here. However, Jerry Lewis, the entertainer revered for the amazing national telethon he hosted each Labor Day from 1966 to 2010, seems nearly forgotten.
Davis left the bulk of his estate, estimated at $4,000,000 (U.S.), to his widow Altovise Davis, but he owed the IRS $5,200,000, which after interest and penalties had increased to over $7,000,000. Altovise became liable for his debt because she had co-signed his tax returns.
Charles reportedly left $500,000 to each of his 12 children, and gave the rest of his estimated $75 million estate, and licensing rights to his music, to Ray Charles Enterprises. The foundation absorbed Ray Charles Enterprises after Charles' death.
Private First Class Lewis distinguished himself by exceptional gallantry while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, on the morning of 13 September 1968 while serving as a rifleman with Company C, 4th Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, 173d Airborne Brigade ...
Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis enjoyed a special bond that created a lifelong friendship. They both brought a new genre of music “Rock and Roll” to the masses throughout the 1950's and decades following.
Hamilton explained that once he entered the "pit" that is F1, the pressure to succeed caused him and his father to become more distant emotionally. He added: "At the time, I didn't have management other than my dad, and my step-mum booked flights and trips.
