News Radio 710 KEEL » labor day telethon http://710keel.com Depend On It! Sat, 25 May 2013 05:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Jerry Lewis Won't Host This Year's MDA Telethon, Steps Down as Chairman http://710keel.com/jerry-lewis-wont-host-on-this-years-mda-telethon-steps-down-as-chairman/ http://710keel.com/jerry-lewis-wont-host-on-this-years-mda-telethon-steps-down-as-chairman/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:48:10 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=31857 For the first time since 1966, Jerry Lewis won’t MC the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, an event which has raised over $1 billion for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In May, the legendary funnyman had announced that he would be retiring as the telethon’s host after doing the 2011 show, but would still continue to be the MDA’s national chairman.

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