The original Nutty Professor dead at age 91: UScomedian Jerry Lewis passed away on Sunday at the age of 91 in his Las Vegas home. Lewis first rose to fame “shortly after World War II with a nightclub act in which the rakish, imperturbable Dean Martin crooned,” the New York Times says. He then went on to launch his solo career and began acting, writing, directing, and producing many of his own films, such as The Nutty Professor and his rendition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.