DMD is the awful disease made famous by actor and comedian Jerry Lewis on his Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon, which he hosted for decades.

Source: https://spectator.org/fda-should-fast-track-new-muscular-dystrophy-drug/

Irving Kniberg and Joseph Levitch, better known as Alan King and Jerry Lewis, worked there as teens.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/02/12/an-entertaining-portrait-of-this-countrys-greatest-generation-of-comics-in-when-comedy-went-to-school-april-21-at-10-pm/

Jerry Lewis, 58, pleaded not guilty to charges that he strangled 15-year old Nadine Slade with her bra in a shared bathroom in her multi family home in 1992, a spokesman for the Queens district attorney and Lewis's lawyer said.

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/virginia-man-charged-with-murder-of-queens-teenager-31-years-after-her-death