Steve Lawrence is opening up about the death of his longtime friend and show business colleague, Jerry Lewis.
“He was one of a kind. There are only a handful of people you can say are that unique and I don’t think we’ll never see the likes of him again,” Lawrence, 82, tells People.
“He’s in the same class as people like Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles and Clark Gable, people whose popularity transcends decades. Their popularity stays the same even as the world and business changes around them.”
Lewis, whose manic style of comedy amused audiences for over eight decades,...
“He was one of a kind. There are only a handful of people you can say are that unique and I don’t think we’ll never see the likes of him again,” Lawrence, 82, tells People.
“He’s in the same class as people like Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles and Clark Gable, people whose popularity transcends decades. Their popularity stays the same even as the world and business changes around them.”
Lewis, whose manic style of comedy amused audiences for over eight decades,...
- 8/20/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
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