Editing Ted Lewis (musician) (section)

==Personal life==
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[[File:Ted Lewis 1951.JPG|thumb|160px|Lewis in 1951.]]
Lewis married Adah Becker (1897 – May 31, 1981) in 1915. She was a ballerina when Ted met her earlier that year in Rochester, New York. Only six weeks later they were married in three separate ceremonies on the same day, first by a justice of the peace, next by a rabbi and finally on stage that night. They remained married for 56 years until Ted's death. Adah gave up her dance career to become his secretary and business manager. Ted and Adah moved into a 15-room apartment overlooking New York City's Central Park, and remained there for the rest of their lives.

Lewis died in his sleep in New York on August 25, 1971, of lung failure at the age of 81. Following a Jewish funeral service in New York City, his body was brought to Circleville where thousands walked past his coffin. Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman officiated, and remarked, "The song has ended, but the memory lingers on." The burial was held at the local Forest Cemetery. Lewis's stone, in the family plot, has his famous hat and cane inscribed upon it. His wife Adah, who died on May 31, 1981, rests beside him.

Upon his death, the City of New York, Yale and Harvard Universities and the Smithsonian Institution asked Adah for his memorabilia. She politely declined, saying Ted wanted everything to come back to the "Capital of the World", Circleville, Ohio. She opened The Ted Lewis Museum, a modest storefront located across the street from where he was born, on June 5, 1977. Celebrities, relatives, friends and Ted Lewis admirers from everywhere attended the dedication. A theatre within the museum allows visitors to see Ted Lewis' TV and movie performances.{{cn|date=July 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=jotspot&passive=1209600&continue=https://sites.google.com/site/sites/system/errors/WebspaceNotFound?path%3D/tedlewismuseum/ted-lewis/biography&followup=https://sites.google.com/site/sites/system/errors/WebspaceNotFound?path%3D/tedlewismuseum/ted-lewis/biography|title=Google Sites|website=Accounts.google.com|access-date=May 31, 2019}}{{dl|date=July 2024}}</ref>

Ohio Historical Marker Number 4-65 "Ted Lewis" is north of the picnic shelter in Ted Lewis Park, Circleville, Ohio; 39° 36.51′ N, 82° 56.644′ W.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ted Lewis, 1890-1971 Circleville, Ohio |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=173292 |website=Historical Marker Database. |access-date=4 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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File:TedLewis2.JPG|Ted Lewis Museum at 133 West Main Street in Circleville, Ohio.
File:TedLewis3.JPG|Ted Lewis headstone at Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Ohio.
File:TedLewis4.JPG|Ted Lewis gravemarker.
File:TedLewis5.JPG|Adah Becker Lewis gravemarker.
File:TedLewis1.JPG|Ted Lewis Park in Circleville, Ohio.
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