Jerry Lewis: Saving lives through MDA was honor

For a while there, it appeared Jerry Lewis would be back on the "Love Network."

Las Vegas columnist Norm Clarke reported Sunday that the comedian "made peace" with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Citing a source close to Lewis, Clarke said he had been reinstated to the group's annual telethon.

But later in the day Clarke tweeted that his source had meant "reconciled," not reinstated, and a Lewis spokeswoman told Reuters, "Him being reinstated as the host of the MDA telethon is not accurate."

MDA officials announced earlier this month that Lewis, 85, would no longer be the public face of the cause. Neither MDA nor Lewis has explained the change.

Jerry Lewis has hosted the Labor Day Telethon since 1966.Frederick M. Brown