Sounds like litigation forever unless he sealed it watertight.
A horrible husband and father to his first family, till the bitter end.
Hopefully he left them a work ethic, they they won’t need anything else.
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It seems that the Funny man wasn’t that funny after all.
Keeping in mind of course they’re all in their 60s and 70s by now. So they should be pretty well established anyway.
By many indications, Jerry Lewis was a bitter, grudge-holding prick.
It is a sad and terrible thing to disinherit a child; what a legacy of bitterness. I would surely fear losing my eternal inheritance from my heavenly father if I did such a thing.
Without knowing, hard to say what went on. Some wives and mothers can be brutal in turning their children against their father. Don’t know if any of that was here in this case or not.
My understanding is that he did not “leave them out of the will”, that he specifically called each and every one out by name and said that neither they nor their children nor families will receive anything from his estate. They were in the will — they just get nothing. I thought that was acceptable legally.
> Jerry Lewis certainly got in the last laugh when it came to his strained relationship with his children. <
Not a last laugh, but a last insult. It’s something that decent people just don’t do. I’ve lost some respect for Lewis because of this.
wow, he was one bitter angry man. Forget his “loving and tireless” charity efforts. What he did to his six children will forever be his legacy.
My cousin married one of his sons in the early or mid eithties -
Long divorced already.
Jerry did not attend the wedding. I suspect he hasn’t had a relationship with them at all.
“Money From Home” - [1953]
“It`s Only Money” -[1962]
“The Family Jewels” -[1965]
Bing Crosby did not leave a dime to his sons from his first marriage. They inherited their mother’s estate. Two of the sons from the first marriage committed suicide. One of them put a bullet in his head after he collected his last check.
Maybe Jerry Lewis had a good reason to leave his older children out of the will. A lot of those brats from Beverly Hills and Brentwood are no damn good.
-PJ
The beloved Jerry and his Kids.
According to this his 6 th son died a homeless drug addict
Lewis refused to pay for a funeral
http://www.insideedition.com/entertainment/167-son-of-jerry-lewis-dies-from-drug-overdose