1.
Rep: Macaulay Culkin is in good health
NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Monday said it has received a major gift from the estate of late U.S. music star Luther Vandross.
Vandross died in July 2005 at age 54, more than two years after suffering a debilitating stroke. The R&B icon had a family history of diabetes, and he suffered from the disease, the foundation said.
"Luther was one of the most generous persons whose personality and talent left an imprint on everyone," Carmen Romano, his longtime business manager and executor of his estate, said in a statement. "Given his family history of diabetes, and his own personal struggle with the disease, it was important for him to help find a cure for diabetes."
"Luther's gift will live on in the hope and promise of a better life and ultimately a cure for all people touched by diabetes. His generosity will help speed the pace of research leading to a cure," added Amy Franze, executive vice president of development for JDRF.
The foundation did not specify the amount of the gift.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Entertainment News Stories | |
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Pop icon Madonna says she "wasn't happy" after rapper M.I.A. flipped her middle finger at a camera during the Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis.
|
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A woman who says she had an affair with President John F. Kennedy wrote that she didn't feel at the time she was "invading the Kennedys' marriage."
|
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the construction of two new nuclear reactors, the first to be built in the United States since 1978.
|
BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A British company said it is opening salons across England dedicated to the tattooing the scalps of bald men to make it look like they have short hair.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
