From 1966 until 2010 Jerry Lewis has hosted the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon which raised nearly $2.5B over the course of its run.<ref>http://static.mda.org/news/110803.html</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-0903-jerry-lewis-20100903</ref> Lewis also received the French Legion of Honor in 1984. | From 1966 until 2010 Jerry Lewis has hosted the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon which raised nearly $2.5B over the course of its run.<ref>http://static.mda.org/news/110803.html</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-0903-jerry-lewis-20100903</ref> Lewis also received the French Legion of Honor in 1984. |