February 13, 1983
Jerry Lewis & SanDee Pitnick

The Lewis' minutes after they married (printed in The Boca Raton News).

Some people are superstitious of the number 13, but not Jerry Lewis. In fact,13 is his lucky number and that’s why he chose to marry SanDee Pitnick on this day in 1983.

Although Lewis first met Pitnick when he cast her as a disco dancer for his film “Hardly Working”, their relationship may have really blossomed from the “Florence Nightengale” effect. In 1982, when both were living in Las Vegas, Lewis had to have emergency heart surgery. He credited Pitnick with his recovery.

The couple married in a private ceremony in Key Biscaine, a resort island in Florida.

Fast-forward 27 years to today, the couple are parents to an 18-year-old daughter and are still very much in love.