RIP Jim
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Re: RIP Jim
He brought a lot of pleasure to a lot of people, and raised a lot of money for charity, not to mention Stoke Mandeville hospital.
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Re: RIP Jim
A great achievement to be remembered as much for his charity work as his entertaining.
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I may be alone in never being able to stomach the man, he made my skin crawl.
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It's estimated he raised £40 million for charity during his life. That's a lot more than most of us have managed - about £40 million more in my case . An incredible achievement from someone who really didn't have that much natural talent - but delivered where it mattered.
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Re: RIP Jim
Got to admit I allways found him to be a little creepy but could never put my finger on it, that being said though, the work & help he did for charities was incredible and was clearly a very generous man. R.I.P.
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Not saying it was the case with JS but much of these celebs charity raising is not as clear as it seems. They charge vast amounts for luxury accommodation, expenses etc. and sometimes the charity is left with a pittance after they have been paid out. Remember how there was all the Hype about Bob Hope charities, turned out he was ripping them off big time!
Those charity golf events is just a freebie holiday and a bit of publicity for them. Max Bygraves once came to an event in marbella, travel and hotel expenses paid, even though his Daughter had a sizeable house there. Some even charge the charity appearance money.
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As far as I know he was very generous with his time and helped a lot less fortunate than ourselves.
Unless you know different(?), please don't speak ill of the dead
Unless you know different(?), please don't speak ill of the dead
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Re: RIP Jim
Who is speaking ill of the dead ? My comment was based on gut instinct.
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Re: RIP Jim
Whatever you think of the man, he did a lot for those less fortunate than himself. How many politicians can you say that about?
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Re: RIP Jim
If we are getting back to Politicians didn't he publicly back Thatcher?
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I seem to think that you are right.
But does that not prove my point. He raised money for the needy. She took it away from them ( I speak from experience w.r.t. Thatcher)
But does that not prove my point. He raised money for the needy. She took it away from them ( I speak from experience w.r.t. Thatcher)
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There are other rumours too...but lets not speak ill of the dead...we'll opt for the whitewash