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Star-Studded Philanthropy Hall of Famers

For decades, celebrities have lent a helping hand to a variety of good causes. Here are some of the heaviest lifters.
  • Elizabeth Taylor's AIDS Foundation has raised $10 million.

  • Michael J. Fox has personally donated more than $1 million to the Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

  • Katie Couric has helped the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance raise $22 million.

  • Gene Wilder's Gilda's Club, named after his late wife, comedian Gilda Radner, supports families with cancer.

  • Paul Newman's Newman's Own has donated more than $150 million to numerous charitable organizations.

  • Steven Spielberg has given more than $10 million to the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

  • Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network has raised $27 million.
    From Reader's Digest - March 2005
     
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