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Angelina Jolie, a cast member in the motion picture thriller "Salt", attends the premiere of the film with her longtime companion, actor Brad Pitt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on July 19, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen 
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Published: Dec. 31, 2010 at 12:49 PM

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- American actors Brad Pit and Angelina Jolie, fresh from celebrating the holidays in Africa, visited a pediatric cancer center in Pitt's boyhood town.

Last year, Pitt and Jolie, along with Pitt's brother and sister and their families, donated $1 million to St. John's Foundation for Community Health in Springfield, Mo., and dedicated the pediatric cancer center to Pitt's mother, Jane, People magazine reported Thursday.

"Jane Pitt is a gem in our community," hospital spokeswoman Cora Scott said. "She's a very wonderful woman who cares so very much about the well-being of children."

She said the acting couple called about an hour in advance Wednesday to ask for a tour of the center. Pitt and Jolie were accompanied by Pitt's parents and his brother Doug.

"They stayed about 45 minutes," Scott said. "It was a very nice visit."

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