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RIP Larry King: Flashback To Our Interview about His Health Issues and Cardiac Foundation
RIP Larry King: Flashback To Our Interview about His Health Issues and Cardiac Foundation Larry King passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 2021. He was 87. Photo credit: Larry King Cardiac Foundation. NB. This interview for Samaritanmag first ran in March 2014, and has been republished following his death Jan. 23, 2021…
Q&A: Questions Answered About Accessing the Music Industry's Unison Benevolent Fund
Q&A: Questions Answered About Accessing the Music Industry's Unison Benevolent Fund iSplash photo credit: Sebastian Irvi The Unison Benevolent Fund, an emergency relief charity that provides both financial and counselling services to members of the Canadian music industry, experienced a 1900 percent increase in registrations since the…
Canadian Cancer Society Has Phone Line, Web Site To Answer Related Coronavirus Questions
Canadian Cancer Society Has Phone Line, Web Site To Answer Related Coronavirus Questions Coronavirus — graphic by Kaikoro/iStockThe Canadian Cancer Society is reminding cancer patients a toll-free helpline is available to answer questions that may arise due to the coronavirus pandemic. The cancer research and support society offers support a number of…
SickKids Get Better Gifts Campaign Aims To Support Youths Who'll Be In Treatment Over Holidays
SickKids Get Better Gifts Campaign Aims To Support Youths Who'll Be In Treatment Over Holidays SickKids Get Better Gifts campaign — photo via SickKidsA giving campaign is ensuring patients who'll be in treatment over the holidays at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto will receive some form of gift. The SickKids Foundation's Get Better Gifts…
B.C. Entrepreneur Jim Pattison Makes Record $75 Million Donation to St. Paul's Foundation
B.C. Entrepreneur Jim Pattison Makes Record $75 Million Donation to St. Paul's Foundation St. Paul's Foundation — photo courtesy of SPF. Of all the achievements destined to follow Jim Pattison into the annals of history, perhaps none will rival this: the mega-successful businessman and entrepreneur today holds the record for the largest donation…
Q&A: Larry King Recalls Heart Attack, Talks Cardiac Foundation, Women
Q&A: Larry King Recalls Heart Attack, Talks Cardiac Foundation, Women Larry King with 7-year-old Mohammed Umer in 2006. The boy was air-lifted from Afghanistan to the U.S. for surgery to fix a hole in his heart and blockage to the lungs — paid for by The Larry King Cardiac Foundation. Renowned talk show host Larry King — whose Larry King Now airs…
Get Larry King’s Suspenders, Chance To Hang with Him at Dodgers Opener
Get Larry King’s Suspenders, Chance To Hang with Him at Dodgers Opener Who wants to hang with Larry King? At a Los Angeles Dodgers game, no less? And for the opening day of baseball season? Watching the game with the 80-year-old TV and radio legend, that is something to cross off your bucket list. Well, it is a long shot, of course, a contest King has…