Name	Martin Lewis
Caption	Martin Lewis
Birth date	July 24, 1952
Birth place	Ashtead, Surrey, England
Occupation	Humorist, Writer, Producer, Radio & Television personality, Marketing strategist
Website	MartinLewis.com

Martin Neil Lewis (born 24 July 1952 in Ashtead, Surrey, England) is a US-based English humorist, writer, radio/TV host, producer and marketing strategist. He is known for his participation in a variety of projects in the arts and entertainment worlds including his work as the co-creator and co-producer of the Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows for Amnesty International

Lewis wrote the extensive ‘companion narrative’ for the 1998 re-publication of Beatles manager Brian Epstein’s 1964 autobiography A Cellarful Of Noise (Pocket Books, 1998).

Lewis re-commenced his journalistic career in 2000 when he was invited to become a Special Correspondent for TIME.com,

Social activism

Lewis’ work with Amnesty International has been credited by politically-conscious and active artists such as Bono, Sting and Peter Gabriel as having been a major factor in the growing social activism of rock musicians since the early 1980s. In a 1986 interview in Rolling Stone magazine, Bono said: "I saw The Secret Policeman's Ball and it became a part of me. It sowed a seed..." Live Aid and Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof's first-ever participation in a benefit show was at 1981's The Secret Policeman's Other Ball - the event where he first worked with Midge Ure who later collaborated on Geldof’s worldwide fund-raisers.

Amnesty also credits Lewis with conceiving its 1988 Human Rights Now! world tour of all five continents that featured Bruce Springsteen, Sting and Peter Gabriel.

In December 2009, Lewis instigated and co-hosted a major event saluting Amnesty International in Washington DC. The event was attended by Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Mel Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Carol Burnett, Jon Stewart, Jack Black, Edward Norton, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Sting, Trudie Styler, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Laura Dern, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Bob Balaban, Joe Mantegna, Bill Irwin, Richard Kind, Florence Henderson, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Shuler Hensley, Cory English, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland and opera singer Grace Bumbry.The event was co-hosted by Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA. .

Personal life

Lewis was born in the Ashtead in the county of Surrey in southern England. He was born into an orthodox Jewish family. He was raised in Hampstead, a bohemian enclave in north-west London. He was educated at a private school - University College School in Hampstead - but was expelled at the age of 14. He had no formal education after his expulsion. He lived and worked in London until he moved to America in 1982. Between 1982-1988 he lived and worked in New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 1988 and has lived and worked there since. Lewis is single.

References

External links

"Rita Cosby Live & Direct" (featuring an interview with Martin Lewis) by Rita Cosby, MSNBC TV, 31 October 2005

"The Apollonian spirit of the Beatles" by Martin Lewis, Variety (Centennial Issue), 16 October 2005

"Box Set Sparks War Among Beatles Fans" (Interview with Martin Lewis) by Edna Gunderson, USA Today, 25 November 2004

"Interview with Martin Lewis" by Frank Buckley, CNN Sunday Morning, 8 February 2004

"America Gets Ready To Celebrate 40 Years of Beatlemania" (interview with Martin Lewis), by Fredericka Whitfield, CNN Live Saturday, 31 January 2004

"Is An Australian Farmer Really the King of England?" (interview with Martin Lewis), The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 2 January 2004

"British Humor: Martin Lewis" (Online chat with Martin Lewis), USA Today.com, 18 July 2003

"Conflict with Iraq: Tony Blair, England, and the U.S." (Online chat with Martin Lewis), USA Today.com, 21 March 2003

"Election 2002: BBC Political Commentator Martin Lewis" (Online chat with Martin Lewis), Usa Today.com, 31 October 2002

"'A Hard Day's Night': Martin Lewis" (Online chat with Martin Lewis), USA Today.com, 27 September 2002

"Beatles Biographer Speaks on George Harrison's Life and Music" by Paula Zahn, host of 'Mornings with Paula Zahn,' CNN, 30 November 2001

"The Art of Lying", by Martin Lewis, Salon.com, 3 August 2001

"Rock became art when Martin met the Beatles" (featuring an interview with Martin Lewis), by Edna Gundersen, USA Today, 18 July 2001

"Meet the Beatles expert who started a 30-year hoax", by Edna Gunderson, USA Today, 5 June 2001

Jim Henke, Human Rights Now! (Bloomsbury 1988) ISBN 0-7475-0318-4

Martin Lewis, Peter Walker, editors, The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball (London: Methuen, 1981)

Mark Wilkerson, "Amazing Journey: The Life of Pete Townshend" (Lulu 2006) ISBN 1411677005 ISBN 978-1411677005

Brian Epstein, Martin Lewis "A Cellarful of Noise" Reprint edition (Byron Preiss 1998) ISBN 0671011960. ISBN 978-0671011963

Chrissie MacDonald, "That's Anarchy: The Story of a Revolution in the World of TV Comedy" (Sid Harta 2005) ISBN 1877059242. ISBN 978-1877059247

Dan Cairns "The Real Godfathers Of Punk" The Sunday Times (UK) 30 May 2004.

Official website

Columns on Huffington Post

Articles for TIME.com

Agent Provocateur literary website

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Name	Jerry Lewis
Caption	Publicity photo circa 1975
Birth name	Joseph Levitch
Birth date	March 16, 1926
Birth place	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer, national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Years active	1931–present
Other names	The King of ComedyLe Roi du CrazyPicchiatello
Spouse	Patti Palmer (1944-1980)SanDee Pitnick (1983-present)
Website	http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography. Second Wife: SanDee Pitnick; married February 13, 1983. Lewis was 56, They were married in Key Biscayne, Florida; at the time she was a 32-year old Las Vegas dancer. but says he has been off the drug since 1978 and has not taken one since. In April 2002, Lewis had a "Synergy" neurostimulator, developed by Medtronic,

In December 1982, Lewis suffered a serious heart attack and then a second minor heart attack on June 11, 2006, at the end of a cross-country commercial airline flight en route home from New York City. and pulmonary fibrosis, and has had at least two heart attacks. A third heart attack, claimed to have been sustained while filming Cinderfella in 1960, treatment in the early 2000s for pulmonary fibrosis resulted in weight gain and a noticeable change in his appearance. In September 2001, he was unable to perform at a planned charity event produced by comedian Steven Alan Green at the London Palladium. (Green's take on the event was turned into a one-person show, I Eat People Like You For Breakfast, which Green performed at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival.) Some months thereafter, Lewis began an arduous, months-long therapy which weaned him off prednisone and enabled him to return to work.

Honors and awards

1950s

1952 – Winner of the special Photoplay Award 1952 – Nominee for Best Comedian or Comedienne 1954 – Winner for the Most Cooperative Actor, Golden Apple Award

1960s

1965 – Winner, Golden Laurel, Special Award – Family Comedy King

1990s

1997 – Winner, Lifetime Achievement Award, American Comedy Awards

2005 – Winner, Governors Award, Primetime Emmy Awards 2006 – Winner, Satellite Award for Outstanding Guest Star on TV's

2009 – Induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame

2009 – Winner, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 81st Academy Awards

2010s

2010 - Received Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Chapman University during the 2010 MDA Telethon.

Bibliography

The Total Film-Maker by Jerry Lewis. New York: Random House, 1971, ISBN 0-394-46757-4

Jerry Lewis: In Person by Jerry Lewis with Herb Gluck. New York: Atheneum, 1982, ISBN 0-689-11290-4

Dean & Me (A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis with James Kaplan. New York: Doubleday, 2005, ISBN 0-7679-2086-4

See also

Jerry Lewis filmography and television appearances

Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon

Martin and Lewis

References

Further reading

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (Especially Himself): The Story of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis by Arthur Marx, New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1974, ISBN 978-0801524301

The Jerry Lewis Films by James L. Neibaur and Ted Okuda (Lewis is quoted throughout). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1994, ISBN 0-89950-961-4

King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis by Shawn Anthony Levy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-13248-4

That Kid: The Story of Jerry Lewis by Richard Gehman. New York: Avon Books, 1964.

External links

Jerry Lewis interview for the Archive of American Television

Official Jerry Lewis Website

Drum Solo Battle (1955) with Buddy Rich at DrummerWorld

Videos

2009 Oscar's Jean Hersholt Award

Colgate Comedy Hour, 1950s

Scene from The Bellboy

With drummer Buddy Rich, 1965

Typewriter scene on Colgate Hour

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Grant Michael Martin (born March 13, 1962 in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Drafted in 1980 by the Vancouver Canucks, Martin also played for the Washington Capitals.

External links

Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com

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