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Jamie Lee Curtis shared a deeply personal tribute to Richard Lewis

that focused on survival, not celebrity.

She recalled sensing he belonged in her life after seeing his face on a

billboard and pushed him to audition for Anything But Love,

recognizing vulnerability beneath his comedy.

Curtis described how Lewis lived with intense fear,

hiding lines everywhere because he was “terrified of forgetting, terrified of failing.”

Yet that anxiety fueled performances that felt honest and human.

Most powerful was her revelation that Lewis is “the reason she is sober.”

At a crucial moment, he intervened quietly but firmly, changing her life’s direction.

Beyond fame, Curtis honored the life Lewis built—sobriety, love,

and kindness—reminding readers that the greatest impact often comes from unseen acts of care.