The Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Labor Day weekend television appeal, for decades a more than 20-hour marathon that became synonymous with longtime host Jerry Lewis, will air this year as a ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) said Friday it will end its long-standing Labor Day telethon, aired on the ABC network, to focus on more digital fundraising efforts ...
Once upon a time before the internet, telethons — marathon television fundraisers known for their endless lineup of performers and rows and rows of on-camera volunteers answering telephones to accept ...
From the Times-Call photo archive via Longmont Museum: “Colorado National Guardsman Stanley Vigil reaches out Monday afternoon to a cycling couple who stash a cash donation in the collection can for ...
The comedian, filmmaker and philanthropist Jerry Lewis, he of the nasally voice and epic pratfalls, has died. Here he is with his longtime partner and straight-man Dean Martin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...
New York, Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and AFM-Téléthon (the French muscular dystrophy association) are proud to announce the awarding of two cutting-edge ...
The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced plans Wednesday to shorten its annual Labor Day fund-raising telethon from 21.5 hours to six hours starting next year, the Chicago Tribune writes. The ...
Jerry Lewis celebrates $61,013,855 million in pledges and contributions during the 2006 Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day telethon in Las Vegas. In 2011, the MDA dropped Lewis as its national ...
When many people think of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), they probably think about the long-running telethon made famous by comedian Jerry Lewis. For decades, the telethon took over the ...
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