Editing Jerry Lewis (section)

===Relationships and children===
Lewis wed Patti Palmer (née Esther Grace Calonico; 1921–2021), a singer with [[Ted Fio Rito]], on October 3, 1944.<ref name="JLIP"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56796-035-8|title=Nonfiction Book Review: I Laffed Till I Cried: Thirty-Six Years of Marriage to Jerry Lewis by Patti Lewis, Author, Sara Coleman, Author, Lorraine Hope Caldwell, Foreword by WRS Group $19.95 (167p) ISBN 978-1-56796-035-8|website=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213210025/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56796-035-8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate |url=https://www.stljewishlight.com/features/as-a-teen-jerry-lewis-fought-anti-semitism-with-his/article_5e54d80a-8dad-11e7-9301-fb4e40c9ee9b.html |title=As a teen, Jerry Lewis fought anti-Semitism with his fists|website=St. Louis Jewish Light|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183645/https://www.stljewishlight.com/features/as-a-teen-jerry-lewis-fought-anti-semitism-with-his/article_5e54d80a-8dad-11e7-9301-fb4e40c9ee9b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/patti-lewis-10004942 |title=Patti Lewis Obituary |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227203310/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/patti-lewis-10004942 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMC-WY9 "United States Census, 1940", database with images, ''FamilySearch''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913124440/https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMC-WY9 |date=September 13, 2021 }} March 15, 2018), Ester Calonico in household of John Farinno, Tract 911, Highland Park, Highland Park City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82–155, sheet 15B, line 60, family 46, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790–2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1832.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis |first1=Patti|last2=Coleman|first2=Sarah Jepson|year=1993|title=I laffed till I cried: thirty-six years of marriage to Jerry Lewis|publisher=WRS|oclc=028417657}}</ref> They had six sons together; five biological: [[Gary Lewis (musician)|Gary]] (born 1945),<ref name="Kehr"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pleasekillme.com/gary-lewis|title=Gary Lewis, 'Jerry's Kid,' Runs for His Life|first=Michael|last=Shelley|work=PleaseKillMe.com|date=October 23, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227202809/https://pleasekillme.com/gary-lewis/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Joseph L.|last=Malamut|title=Southwest Jewry - Volume 3|year=1957|publisher=Sunland Publishing Company|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold|last=Hoenig|title=Four Families|year=1999 |publisher=University of Wisconsin|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Levy |first=Shawn |title=King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis |year=1996 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0312132484 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6XuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405034451/https://books.google.com/books?id=g6XuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63 |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott (born 1956), Christopher (born 1957), Anthony (born 1959) and Joseph (1964–2009);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lewis-son-i-blame-my-mean-evil-dad-for-brothers-death_1127899|title=Joseph Lewis|date=January 7, 2010|work=contactmusic.com|access-date=January 13, 2010|archive-date=February 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215204925/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lewis-son-i-blame-my-mean-evil-dad-for-brothers-death_1127899|url-status=live}}</ref> and one [[Adoption|adopted]]: Ronald (born 1949).<ref name="Eghrari">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markeghrari/2017/09/27/jerry-lewis-disinherited-5-of-his-kids-and-heres-why-we-know/|title=Jerry Lewis Disinherited 5 Of His Kids, And Here's Why We Know|last=Eghrari|first=Mark|website=Forbes|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183647/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markeghrari/2017/09/27/jerry-lewis-disinherited-5-of-his-kids-and-heres-why-we-know/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was an [[interfaith marriage]]; Lewis was Jewish and Palmer was Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Kelly |title=Jerry Lewis Dies at 91 – "Religion is in the Heart" |url=https://www.worldreligionnews.com/entertainment/celebrity/jerry-lewis-dies-91-religion-heart/ |website=World Religion News |date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426010703/https://www.worldreligionnews.com/entertainment/celebrity/jerry-lewis-dies-91-religion-heart/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

While married to Palmer, Lewis likely fathered a daughter, Suzan (born 1952) with Lynn Dixon Kleinman.<ref>Kennedy, Dana (August 26, 2017). "[https://www.thedailybeast.com/jerry-lewis-and-the-homeless-daughter-he-cruelly-ignored Jerry Lewis and the Homeless Daughter He Cruelly Ignored] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106233251/https://www.thedailybeast.com/jerry-lewis-and-the-homeless-daughter-he-cruelly-ignored |date=January 6, 2024 }}." ''The Daily Beast''.</ref><ref>"[https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/jerry-lewis-homeless-daughter Jerry Lewis' Alleged Illegitimate Daughter Homeless In Philadelphia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106233252/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/jerry-lewis-homeless-daughter/ |date=January 6, 2024 }}." ''CBS News''. September 14, 2017.</ref> [[DNA]] testing indicated an 88.7 percent probability that Suzan is related to Lewis' acknowledged son Gary.<ref>"[https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/gary-lewis-says-he-has-no-regrets Gary Lewis says he has no regrets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106233252/https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/gary-lewis-says-he-has-no-regrets/ |date=January 6, 2024 }}." ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. March 15, 2009.</ref> Lewis openly pursued relationships with other women and gave unapologetic interviews about his [[infidelity]], revealing his affairs with [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]] to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/jerry-lewis-on-his-secret-love-affair-with-marilyn-monroe-i-was-crippled-for-a-week/|title=Jerry Lewis on His Secret Love Affair with Marilyn Monroe: 'I Was Crippled for a Week'|website=PEOPLE.com|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183646/https://people.com/movies/jerry-lewis-on-his-secret-love-affair-with-marilyn-monroe-i-was-crippled-for-a-week/|url-status=live}}</ref> Palmer filed for divorce from Lewis in 1980, after 35 years of marriage, citing Lewis's extravagant spending and infidelity on his part, and it was finalized in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/after-35-years-of-marriage-patti-lewis-sues-jerry-for-separation-and-450000-a-year-vol-14-no-14/|title=After 35 Years of Marriage, Patti Lewis Sues Jerry for Separation and $450,000 a Year|website=PEOPLE.com|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183644/https://people.com/archive/after-35-years-of-marriage-patti-lewis-sues-jerry-for-separation-and-450000-a-year-vol-14-no-14/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="who">{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/comedian/whois.htm|title=Who is Jerry Lewis|publisher=Digilander.libero.it|access-date=October 23, 2011|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010051/http://digilander.libero.it/comedian/whois.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="people.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/after-35-years-of-marriage-patti-lewis-sues-jerry-for-separation-and-450000-a-year-vol-14-no-14|title=After 35 Years of Marriage, Patti Lewis Sues Jerry for Separation and $450,000 a Year|magazine=People|date=October 6, 1980|access-date=March 16, 2019|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415045657/https://people.com/archive/after-35-years-of-marriage-patti-lewis-sues-jerry-for-separation-and-450000-a-year-vol-14-no-14/|url-status=live}}</ref> All of Lewis's children and grandchildren from his marriage to Palmer were excluded from inheriting any part of his estate.<ref name="mercurynews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/21/jerry-lewis-left-his-five-sons-from-his-first-marriage-out-of-his-will/|title=Jerry Lewis left his five sons from his first marriage out of his will|date=September 21, 2017|website=The Mercury News|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183644/https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/21/jerry-lewis-left-his-five-sons-from-his-first-marriage-out-of-his-will/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/news/a44958/jerry-lewis-reportedly-cut-six-of-his-children-out-of-his-will/|title=Apparently Jerry Lewis "Intentionally Excluded" Six of His Children From His Will|date=September 22, 2017|publisher=Country Living|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213205138/http://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/news/a44958/jerry-lewis-reportedly-cut-six-of-his-children-out-of-his-will/|url-status=live}}</ref> His eldest son, Gary, publicly called his father a "mean and evil person" and said that Lewis never showed him or his siblings any love or care.<ref name="mercurynews.com"/>

Lewis's second wife was Sandra "SanDee" Pitnick,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1817700/|access-date=June 14, 2018|title=SanDee Pitnick|website=[[IMDb]]|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828045455/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1817700/|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]] professionally trained ballerina and [[Flight attendant|stewardess]], who met Lewis after winning a [[bit part]] in a dancing scene on his film ''Hardly Working''. They wed on February 13, 1983, in [[Key Biscayne]], Florida,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jerry-lewis-3-3-05/13/|title=Jerry Lewis|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=May 4, 2015|archive-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823073812/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jerry-lewis-3-3-05/13/|url-status=live}}</ref> adopted a daughter, Danielle (born 1992), and were married for 34 years until Lewis's death on August 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/jerry-lewis-opens-up-sons-709775|title=At Home With Jerry Lewis as He Opens Up About Son's Death, Skirmishes With Fans|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213210411/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/jerry-lewis-opens-up-sons-709775|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/comedian-jerry-lewis-celebrates-lavish-86th-birthday-in-nyc|title=Comedian Jerry Lewis celebrates lavish 86th birthday in NYC|website=[[Fox News]]|date=March 19, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213205158/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/19/comedian-jerry-lewis-celebrates-lavish-86th-birthday-in-nyc.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/201244/jerry-lewis-still-quick-and-sharp-at-90|title=Jerry Lewis still quick and sharp at 90|first=Ruben V.|last=Nepales|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213210712/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/201244/jerry-lewis-still-quick-and-sharp-at-90|url-status=live}}</ref>