Star Power
When newly successful actor Danny Thomas founded ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 50 years ago, he started a Hollywood fundraising connection that still shines today.
At Thomas’ urging, Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley were among the organization’s first celebrity endorsers.
The celeb tradition continues today, spearheaded by Thomas’ daughter Marlo, an award-winning actress in her own right (she starred in and produced the ’60s sitcom “That Girl”), who also has produced TV specials and books whose royalties have benefitted St. Jude.
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