Jerry Lewis had some strong words for his six biological children in his final will and testament.
The legendary funnyman made a point of clearly stating in the legal filing that his six sons with first wife Patti Palmer were to get nothing upon his death.
‘I have intentionally excluded Gary Lewis, Ronald Lewis, Anthony Joseph Lewis, Christopher Joseph Lewis, Scott Anthony Lewis, and Joseph Christopher Lewis and their descendants as beneficiaries of my estate, it being my intention that they shall receive no benefits hereunder,’ declared Lewis in his will, which was last updated four years before his death.
Lewis kept Joseph in the will despite the fact that he passed away in 2009, three years prior to the date the document was executed as the result of a drug overdose.
His estate will now go to his widow SanDee, a former Las Vegas dancer, and their daughter Danielle, who the couple adopted in 1992 after nine years of marriage.
Nutty: Jerry Lewis wrote in his final will and testament that his six biological children were to receive no part of his estate (Jerry and son Gary above in 2004)
Stong words: ‘I have intentionally excluded Gary Lewis, Ronald Lewis, Anthony Joseph Lewis, Christopher Joseph Lewis, Scott Anthony Lewis, and Joseph Christopher Lewis and their descendants as beneficiaries of my estate,’ wrote Lewis (l to r: Jerry and first wife Patti Palmer with their six sons)
The Blast was the first to report Lewis’ snub of his children.
It is unclear why Lewis made certain his five surviving children could not inherit his estate, and if the move was due to a personal grudge or simply because they are older than his adopted daughter Danielle, who is 25.
Lewis was married to his first wife Palmer from 1944 until 1980.
The actor also allegedly has an illegitimate daughter Suzann who was born out of wedlock in the 1950s during his three-year affair with model Lynn Dixon.
Suzann is currently homeless.
The manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin before settling down to become a self-conscious screen auteur passed away in August.
He died of natural causes in his Las Vegas home surrounded by family, referring to his second wife SanDee and Danielle.
Lewis was 91.
Just a few weeks after he passed authorities revealed that Lewis he died as a result of end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral vascular disease.
Heirs: Lewis’ estate will now go to his widow SanDee and and their adopted daughter Danielle, who is 25 (Lewis with SanDee and Danielle in 2014 above)
His later years were spent off the big screen but still maintaining his larger-than-life profile as the national spokesperson for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, with his MDA telethons and events raising over $2.5billion over the years.
Lewis is believed to have left behind a rather modest estate in terms of cash and property, but a fortune in terms of intellectual property.
The actor owned almost all of his most famous films outright, including ‘The Nutty Professor’ and ‘Hardly Working.’