Jerry Lewis, the legendary actor, comedian and director, has died, his publicist and his agent confirmed to CBS News. He was 91. Lewis, who teamed up with Dean Martin in the 1950s, and later starred in “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy,” died of natural causes at his Las Vegas home on Sunday, his publicist Candi Cazau said in a statement. Lewis spent his youth performing in clubs where he perfected his slapstick comedy act. On a lucky day in 1946, he met a low-key singer named Dean Martin. “I fell in love with him the day we met,” Lewis said on “CBS Sunday Morning” last year. “He was constantly making [me] better. Without Dean, I would’ve probably worked in a brothel for an hour or two and they would find someone else.”

The duo starred in 16 film and TV specials together, including 1950’s “At War With the Army,” 1952’s “The Stooge” and the 1955 musical “Artists and Models.” They eventually parted ways in 1956.

But Lewis continued to find success, going on to make more than 30 movies, as well as writing and directing many.

“From the first day, I realized I got so much to learn. They couldn’t get me on the set to do a scene because I was in the miniature department or the wardrobe or the camera department. I got my education from film people,” Lewis said.

Lewis was a spokesperson for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, where he helped raise funding for neuromuscular disease research. He hosted an annual Labor Day telethon from 1966 to 2010, raising nearly $2.7 billion and earning himself a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize nomination.