Jerry Lewis the following summer, and the audience was so enthusiastic that Kaye became Lewis' manager and guardian for Borscht Belt appearances. During World War II, he was rejected for military service because of a heart murmur. Lewis initially gained attention as part of a double act with singer Dean Martin, who served as straight man to Lewis' zany antics as the Martin and Lewis comedy team. They were different from other duo acts of the time because they played to each other and had ad-libbed improvisational segments within their planned routines. After forming in 1946, they quickly rose to national prominence,
Jerry Butler (actor) rapper Necro. Butler was also a featured guest on Necro's album "The Sexorcist" (2005). Butler had been diagnosed with a tumour some months previously (which had been removed in an operation), but a check-up following a cycling accident revealed the cancer had spread throughout his body and was inoperable. He died in Brooklyn, New York, aged 58, on January 27, 2018. Jerry Butler (actor) Jerry Butler (May 13, 1959 – January 27, 2018) was an American pornographic film actor. His career lasted from 1981 to 1993, and included more than 500 films. Butler was born Paul David Siederman in Brooklyn