Knoxville - Lew Ayres of Knoxville, Tennessee, formerly of Grand Rapids, MI and Kankakee, IL passed away on February 10th, 2021 in Knoxville, TN. Lew was raised in Grand Rapids, Mi and Kankakee, IL.

Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood ...