Celebrities, loved ones to remember comic Jerry Lewis

David Becker/Las Vegas News Bureau

The marquee at Wynn Las Vegas displays an image of legendary comedian, entertainer and humanitarian, Jerry Lewis Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Las Vegas. Resort properties and businesses throughout the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas and beyond paid tribute to the so-called “King of Comedy” with historic images from the Las Vegas News Bureau archive after he passed away Sunday morning at age 91.

By Associated Press

Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 | 2:41 p.m.

The life of famed comedian Jerry Lewis will be celebrated Monday with a gathering of family members, loved ones and celebrities.

Spokeswoman Candi Cazau says guests expected at the closed event include magicians Penn and Teller, singer Marie Osmond and actor Rob Schneider.

She says speakers like the singer Jack Jones and actress Illeana Douglas are expected to tell funny stories at the event meant to be more joyous than gloomy, as the comic would have wanted.

Hosting will be Tony Orlando, who also appeared on Lewis's muscular dystrophy telethons.

Lewis died Aug. 20 at age 91 in Las Vegas of heart disease and was cremated. He gained fame with his comic partnership with Dean Martin and made movie favorites like "The Bellboy" and "The Nutty Professor."