Jerry Lewis, old school appropriator who tried to shield powerful panel, dies

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With his perfectly coiffed silver hair and toothy grin, former Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., looked like a stunt double for actor Peter Graves, star of the hit TV series “Mission: Impossible.” It’s not too much of a stretch to say Lewis, who died this week at age 86, had a similarly Herculean task when he […]
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