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· .. FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM . CLINTON .
REMARKS FOR THE DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE
ST. JUDE CHILDREN.' S RESEARCH HOSPITAL' PATIENT CARE CENTER
MEMPHIS
OCTOBER ·7, 1994
. (Acknowledgements:'Marlo Thomas~ Terre Thomas; Tony Thomas; Dr.
Arthur Nienhuis [Neen-hice-], .director of th~ hospital; Richard
. Shadyac [shady-ack] ·; national executive director of ALSAC ·
(pronounced Al-sac)·]
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One can't tour thi~ hospital; as I have just had the·,
privilege of.doing, without being reminded of the extraordin~ry
capacity of individual men.and w?men to dogood things .on behalf
of their fellow humanbeings.
Today is ·a celebra-tion of one .of the most remarkable.
.ped1atr1c research 1nst1tutl:'ons 1n the world~ But 1t 1~ also a
'celebration of values·. It IS, a ce·lebration of what we ~can'
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accomplish when we take responsibility, when we care a•bout things
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I've heard all-the stories about how, as a·struggling,
young entertainer, Danny Thomas prayed to the Patron Saint of
hopeless, impossible, and difficult cases. He·had faith that.his
f or.tunes would improve, and ·they did. And 'before long,· if you
grew up when I did, everybody in America knew him as the loveable
star on · i•Make Room for paddy."
. st. Jud~ "ospital is not. only Dann~'s shrine to his Patron
' Saint~- his thariks for pra~er~ answered-- but. it is also a'
beacon of hope for·thousands of 'children .ail over the world
sUfferin~··from ~ancer~ infectibus diseases, heredita~y diseases,
blood disorders· .and other . catastrophic ·illnesses.
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.This hospital, ~nd the Thomas family's .ongoing coinmitmentto
it, embody a philosophy that r,·and thePresident, and ail of you
hold very dear: ·That in this country; we cannot afford tp waste a
single perspn, and particularly not a chil.d.
In 1960, two years b~fote st; Jude was founded, the survival
rate for the·most co:mnlon form of childhood cancer, acute
lymphoblastic leukemia, was about 10 percent ~t best. Today, the
survival rate has .indreased to about 70 percent, and St. Jude
de.serv~s much of the cn~dit for that progres~ . .
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We .know that the medicaL research. taking place here is
remarkable. We know the.dbctors, ·nurses,· and· hospital'staff are
. remarkable .. We know ,the equipment and technology m~ed to treat
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But m()st remarkable tome is to walk through.the Atrium and
the .Medicine ·Room and know that every child undergoing treatment ·
.was admitted regardiess of his or her family's ability to pay.
This is oniy possible beqause.the American Lebanese Syrian·
Associated Charities_lite:tally foot the bill for'more than half
~f the patients treated here. They do so. through· Herculean
fundraisihg efforts artd' through an enduring and passionate
comrtlitment to bettering-the live?- of ,children.
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And that is why, from star~ to finish-; from top· to bottom,
this hos~ital reflects the vary best things abqut our nation and
our tradition· of giving.
_In the past 2o months I 'have ·-traveled all· over the.· country.
Arid I can't tell you how.mani times Ijve seen fear an~ panic
written al·l over the faces of parents who don't know whether they
can afford treatments for a child~ ·
I've met the grandparents of children with meningitis, one
of· whom lived, one of whom q_ied, the sole difference be'ing that:
one had insurance and the other didn't. ·
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children who .couldn't get insurance. The parents made too ,much
money to qualify for Medicaid. Insurance companies wouldn't take
~hem because' of the children's,illriesses. And the 'parents were
told: ."You . j ust don't understand. We don't insure burning ' ,
houses."
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that_ to -me about my daughter. Apd I don't think anyone should·
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· . Whether it'? a child who needs a well-baby exam, or a ·
tetanus shot after stepping on rusty nail, 'or chemotherapy, or
major surger-y, no child. in this country -- the richest country in
the world
s~ould ever be ~enied the health care he or she
:needs.
- ';['hat has always been the root of iny interest in health- care .
reform, and it's the reason we must continue to work toward a new
. ~thos in this country that affirms every person's -_ -- and
.particularly_every child's --basic right to care.
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Jude refiects that ethos because you understand that
are our future. But like any great i,nst'itution, st.· Jude
succeeded because the people-behind itshared a common
a mission, .a sense of partnership.
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particularly when .that goyernment· support acknowledges·. thcit there
is a difference between tre~t~ng ch~ldr~n and treating adults..
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and the resear'ch goirig on h~re through the National Institutes of '
Health .and the National· Cancer Institute.
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Of 'course none of this support would matter much if
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individuals had not become involved, beginning :with· ·Dahny Thomas
and now.with Marlo, Terre, and Tony and the many others who have
dedic~ted so much of themselves to en~pring that st. Jude.
continues to .thrive.
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And none of 'this support would matter much if· the people who
work here.;..._ whether yotr are in the operating rooms or cleaning
the floors to-make the halls· sparkle_:.._ didn't·care profoundly
about the importance of this hospi~ai to children and their .
· familie~.
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, Because ultimatelY:,. what really. matters mo'st in life? What
matters· is that we. can look at ourselves in the mirror arid say we
did sqmething that day or 'that week to make' a' child's life
bette~.
Every day', those of .YOU who' work here, and. those who support
. this hospita·l, c;:an do .that. Y,ou ·can say: "Yes, I have done
something 'to. make· a child's life .better." Maybe you do it· through ··
,re.search.· Maybe through .treatment .. Maybe through counseling .a .
.parent wh'o . is· anxious about a child 1 s · illness .. Maybe through·
providing a comfortable·environment for familiesunder tremendous
stress. ·Maybe through contributions of.ti~~
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as. a nation.' And when we can say ,with certainty' that we hqve ·
really made a differenqe in. the lives of childre~, then we will'
·have fulfilled our responsibilities
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Of cour:;;e, we have Dgnny Thomas' legacy to draw from. Of all.·
·,his accomplishments-- being knighted by the Pope, winning the
Congressional Gold Medal, succee_ding as an entertainer
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one he was most .:proud of.-was the. founqing of st. Jude.
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As we· dedicate the new Patient Cent~r today, I 'hope we-will
all be reminded'·of the need to renew that spirit of selfless .· ' '
commitment. Of caripg and compassion. Of. responsibility and ·
giving. And I hope we will all remember· that we can make no
better investment than the investment we.make.in ,our children.
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
Office-of the Press_Secretary
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For Immediate.Release·
Sep~ember
21, 1994
REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY
AT THE CHILDRENfS HOSPITAL IN MASSACHUSETTS
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Thank you very mu.ch~. Senator, and thank
you David Wyner _(phonetic), for your invitation and for your
deep concern on behalf of this hospital and all Children'~
Hospit(lls.· ·I want to t!lank Hel~n .Spalding ·(phonetic) and.the
board ·members, Dr. L·ovejoy and the medical staff, the nursing·
staff, .and t~e entire staff _that make ·this hospital·such.~n
·extraordinarily place.
. I have be~n very privileged in my life because;I've b~~n
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state of Arkansas where. I served on the b<;:>ard, where I helpedraise money and where I also had my d~ti~hter, luckili, for a
very shoit stay.
So I e~p~rienc~d it as· a parent, and there
is something that undeniably is special ~bout Children's
'Hospitals, -but this particular ho:::;pi tal, as Senator. Kennedy
never ti~es of t~lling mei is'th~ most;special place of all
when it" comes to_ the uni vers~ of Children'· s Hospitals because
you are the b~ggest.
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You have had the most extensive experienc:e in many forms.
of treatment, and you·have a research capacity that is
un~atched by (lny others.
As I was walking through the
hailway and hav.ing
chance to talk to Mr. Wyner, I realized
that much of what this hospital.stands·for and much of' whiCh
it can be ~roud i~ directly ~elated to the partn~rship
between the public and private sector.
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As a former·board member'of -Children's Hospital i-n
·Arkansas;· I know what it ta)ces to raise private. funds through . ··
private.philanthropy, b~~ I also.know how·es~ential· it i~ and
absolutely the basis of our continued existence as Children's
Hospitals ,to have government support that understands there
~s a difference between treating ~hildren:and treating
adJlts.
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·the child~like .work .arid the family su~port, and .those·
differences are just a few of what it takes-to make sure that
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. not only ,the ·child but_ the entire. family is supporte<;i.
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Children's Hospital in Chicago in th~ days before parents
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were permitted.to'do anything other than show up for tha:t on~
hour of visiting time 8 o'clock at_ night.
So childien would
wait a~l day long scared, l6nely, confused, and the~-their
mother or their .father, because siblings wer·e not permitted,
.would come in ~nd th~n be told to l~ave.
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the rest of.us while he stayed in the hospital.
Contrast
.that with my own experience-when my daughter had to.go in
overnight.
I was there in the room·.~ My husband w_as in ·and
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Finallj, th~ nurse came in, took orie look at me·and
said, "-One thing about Childr·en's Hospital is we take ,care of
. _parents'as well." You ne.ed some sleep."-_
It was that kind ~f family center ca:re that has made the
difference, but there have also b~eh a number. of other
changes_in the last several years that have made~ difference
for, this ho,spital, for Children's Hospita:L and for academic
.- heed th · centers. ·
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Senator Kennedy talked a~out research.
What he didn't
say is we would not have the NIH budget and th~ rese~ich
capacity' that this c·ountry now. enjoys that permits the sort
.of breakthroughs. that enable you on the medical and nursing.·
. staff to give the quality of care to'our children were it_ not
for S~natof Ted Kennedy and,the tireless wotk he has done
.qver .the_ years to promote medical research, and .. he did it not·
just. because ·of'his own persorial experience; he did it
beciause 6e wanted every single· child to have the same.aspects
of quality care that his children had, and that's the kind of
leadership that ·he has. shown when it comes to the health 'care
of our children. (Applause)
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I also. t-pink as i wa.lk ·around this hospital_ .~f those
specialists who are. here, pediatric cardiologists,
nephrologists, oncologists, and in large measure the training
that y6u have received i~ because the federal government
sup~orted that speci~lis~ traihing~· Training of po~itiori~ is
riot done in th~ marketplaqe wiihout any government su~port.
It :is ddrie becaus~ the (ederal government decided 20.years
agd or more that we need~d certai~ speciaiists, and we had to·
pay for their training because rio institution'alo'ne c6uld
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specialties, I. think of the ~ole that Senator Kenn~dy has·
played in his Senate·career and his.chairing of th~ important
committee.thro~gh which 'health legislation p~sses in the
United States Senate and so many other ways.
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Now, I say, that not as a paid politita·l advertisement,
_because I'd be glad to~·say it anywhere, anytime, but·· as a
, re~ind~r about ~~~t.it tcikes to build gr~at·in~tittitions.
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takes common purpose·, a sense of ·mission,. and resources from
both the~public and the. private sector in order to make the
differ~nce, and o~er and over again I have seen ~tiis sen~tor
be the only qne who would break a logjam,. the only one who ..
. . could talk to. both' d~mocrats and republicans,, who would bring
thein together.. over and .over out of his commi tt~e ·bipartisan
solutions emerged because he always ~al~ed about what we were
trying to do for others a_nd ·particularly for children. ·
W~ are at~ kind of funny.point.in our history right now
as a country because we-are struggting with how we want to
target our res'ources, what kinds· of policies we warit to ·
follow, how we feel about our government, what w~ ·want to do
for all of th~ needs that ~xist.'
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I hear
the· arguments on the taik·shows.
I ~e~ all of th~ b~ck and
forth in the political game. · Wh~t·m~tters to me. is have we
-.done something today,-thi~ we~k, this month that makes the
liv~s of children better?
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~hat's hqw I try to measure-every single .:.._·(App],~use)
and every-day those of.you who work here and those of·you who
support· ·the work here,· you can answer the question, "Yes', L
have.
I ha~e.
I've done something'not only ta help 6ure a·
·child
fix a prob_lem but to help wit,h a· parent's anxiety or.
to: solve a financ~al issue that they· confront in order-to g~t
.-the care-that they need.
I've done something to help at
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political leaders in Americ~ today because, ~hen it is al~
said and doDe, what will really count in a lifetime, whether
it be of an individual .or 6f a n~tiqn, is what have ~e done
to set the groundwork and to' make: it possible for every child.
to live. up t6 his
her God-given potential. . If we c~n '
answer. the question positively about that,· then· I think we.
have fulfilled our responsibilities as adults, and as leaders.
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Based on ,my work and my. long~'time observation of Senator.
Kennedy, he can·.sa~ that, but we need to work together inpartneiship to ~ake sure that all of us can sa~ that, because
I love coming ~o Children'~ Hospitals.
I ·cannot. bear ·looking into the eyes of parents who don't
know whether. they will be able to affOrd-to.keep coming or
whether they'.will have lifet'ime limits·on their insurance
policy'cove:tage cut.just when tl)ey need' itmost or who look
at·mei~as a. couple did in eleveland at the Child~eri's
· 'Hospital there with two ·chr_onically ill children and· say, "We
,can't get insutance. W~ ciake too much money,to qri~lify for
Medicaid·. we I ve gone . from. place to p'lace to try to get
··financial. help~ 'The hospital ca'rries us as a charity. case,
~hich is not what we think is right,_ but·finally I knew I
would never. get help i_!l our current system, because af.ter
hearing' about· our children's 'illnesses and,.have ·insurance
companie~ say, 'You ju~t do~'~ under~tand.
We don't insure·
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·I could not i~agine how I w6uld have felt had anyone
said ihat to me cibout my da~ghter.
I don'~ want to ·live in a
society, where we c_an · say<i t about anyone's child. (Applause)
A·ll of you eve-ry day ,• from those who are in the operating ·
rooms to thos~ who clean the flo6rs· and make this plac~
shine, ev~ry d~y you are doipg what,yo~ can to make it
possible that parents with sick children know that they will
be taken care of, and I hope tha~ you will speak out to your
friends and· neighbors about. what you see here, what you· know
:are" the needs and demand the ~ind of leadership fiom the
public and private sector in our country that puts our .
children first.
That is the wa¥ to maintain a great America
for the 21st'Cent~ry. ·.Thank you ~ll very much.
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Copyright 1994 BASELINE II, Inc.
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NAME·: · Thomas, Danny
'OCCUPATION:' (aka Jacob
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Amos Muzyad) actor i _also singer
BORN:
Yakhoob, Muzyad
Deerfield MI
Jahuary·6, 1912,
DIED:
Beverly Hills Ch.
February 6 , 19 91 . ( age'd 7 9)
FORM/ALT.:.occuP:
TV producer
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dropped out of high school in freshmanyear
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Grew up in To1edo ·oH·
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First job.in entertainment
burlesque house at age 11'
1932: began
'show,
car~er
worl~~
selling candy andAite cream in aisle at local
on Detroit radio program,
"The Happy Hour Club", an amateur
1940-43: 0orked as mast~r 6f ceremonies (add ~ook name Danny:Thom~sJ ~from f~rst
~ames of t~o of his broth~rs) at th~ 5100 Cltib in Chi~ago
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1944-49: performed on Fanny .Brice's radio show and was given own radio program,
. .~~.The Danny Thomas Show"
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1946: fi1macting debut,
Italy and Philippines during WWII
"'rhe Unfinished Dance"
i9S0~52:· first TV ·appearance as·g1.1-estperformer on '"All Star Revue"
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. 1951: notable feature film role, as Gus Kahn in "I 111 See You in My ·oreams"
opposite Doris Day
·1953- 64: starred in TV series
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·autobiography a,rid appeared .as.doctor on son's program,. "Empty Nest"
AWARDS;
Emmy
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Best Acto~ Sta~ring_{n a Regu~~r Series
"Make·Room for:Daddy"
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father'
JacO:bs, ·charles
drygoods peddler
Lebanese ·immigrant
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·Jacobs· (nee Si~on), Margaret
Lebanese immigrant
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· Thomas, Marlo
(aka Thomas, Marg~iet .Julia)
actor .
mar'ried .·to Phil Donahue
daughter·
Thomas, Theresa
son
Thomas,'Tony
(aka Thomas, Cha.rles Anthony)
TV· producer
producer of TV's "Golden Girls",
with.partn~r Paul Jun~er Witt
"Empty Nest".,
"Lenny" and "Blossom"
COMPANIONS:.·wife.
Ca$Santi, Rose Marie
married January 15, 19~6
BOOKS:
"Make Room for Danny" '·
Thomas, D.:;mny
1991
Putnam ..
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NOTES:
Founded· the St. Jude Children's Research ·Hospital irr_ Me-mphis TN in. 1962
"He would hold .an audience for an unprecedented length of time in the imagery of
the story 1he was telling; and suddenly would come the punch line,- and the
~eiling,would crack with laughter. ~~~ave an illu~icin orr the' stage with-no
props, ~ll by himself,''--Phil Donahue about his;~ath~r-in~l~w
"Sporting a cigar ~nly slightly longer than hiS epic nose, mi~img ~erbal sass
with ,moralistic ·schmaltz, he shaped ·_small-screert· humor·-.:..--·alpng with thE§-- likes of.
buddies Milton Be~le and Siq' Caesar---for over four decader:. "-..-''People'.' Magaz.ine;
February 18, 1991
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Title. for TV· series came f'roin family~ s expi=rience when Thomas was. a nightclub
entertainer on lthe.ro~d and his-daughters would sleep in his rciom with thei~
m~ther and use his dress~r. 0hen he ieturned home, they would ha~e to cle~n.
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He was given the Layman's Award by the American Medical· Association.
Thomas received the Better World. Award from the'. Ladies Auxillary of tq_~ Veterans
·of Fo:r:eign Wars ( 1972)
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He 'was awarded the Michelango Award from Boys Town of· Italy j197J.).
·He received 'the Humanitarian a~a~d-from the Liorts. International (1975)
. Thomas was given the Father Flanagan-Boys Town Award ( 1981) ·
. He has received the AFL-CI M1lrray-:Green-Meany Award (1981) .
The Touchdown Club gave him the Hubert H. Humphrey Award (1981)
He has received ·the· Humanitarian Awar:d .from the Va~iety Clubs International
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standup come~ian in nightclubs during the 1940s and 50s·and one of the
first TV star-m6g~ls. Besides st~rring in the succe~sful series "Make Room f6r.
Daddy" and the top-rated. "The. Danny Thomas· .Show", Thomas produced._ "The Dick Van
Dyk~ .Show"·, . "Th,e Aridy Griffith $how''
n'c;omer Pyle II' arid "The' Real M~¢oys" with ....
partner .Sheldon Leonard a_nd "The Mod .Squad". a,nd ·"The Guns of Will .Sennett"· with
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c .Father of actress Marlo Thomp.s and TV produ.cer Tony Thomas ..
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"We are· the pediatric research center of the world,n he. said ..
For his. humanitarian efforts, ,Pope- Pius XII', made the Roman Catholic Maronite
a Knight of·Ma;Lta and Pope Paul VI decorated him as a Knight-Commander of· the
. ·Holy .Sepulchre of ·Jerusalem.
The ~an tha~ B~rn~. once called th~ ~rea~est,storytell~r in ~h~ worla was ~orn
the fifth of ·nine. dhildren to a struggling family who moved from Deerfield,
-Mich., to Tdled~, Ohio; when the.family farm failed.
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his f~thei worked in a family candy store, the aunt, who liv~d upstairs, dot~d
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N.Y., _when they moved, it was not 'a traumatic. moment t'or him because he wasn't
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village.ot about 1,000 people and popping in at some stores and St. Alphonsus
without· shoes, because the ·family . ·
•Catholic ·church,. where he was·baptized
couldp't afford them.
Eailier records had indica~ed Thomas was born Jan. 6,_ 1914, but -his bapti~~al
certiiicate ~hows he was born in 1912.
The- future star first f'eli. in love· with .show business while he was selling
candy in a, burles,que theater. He dropped out of high school after a_ year and
began a series- of' odd jobs that would give him the stake he needed to go to
Detroit, where he 'int~nded to become a·~omedian~
·There he met and·· married (in l936) Ros~ Marie Cassaniti while she was. s:till
in he~ te~ns and began working as a $2~a-~ight d~ale6t comid in ~ingy rooms.
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stru~gling radio and clUb career and into more financialiy rewarding work~
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, . hopeless causes.
0n my honor', n he would say_ years 'later II I nev~r did say:- , Make me rich ahd
famous,' 11 as one version of the story had it. 11 I. said, ·'·Help- rri.e find my way in
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Ju4e-with a. rapid turnaround in his fortunes.' He begari a· series of q~ick
nightclub successes in D,etroi t, Chicago. and New York, where his weekly salary
rose from $50 to $500. and then came to Hol·lywood to work on Fanny Brice '.s radio
show 11 Baby Snooks II where he did.: 14 weekp and cre'ated the character of. Jerry \ .
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Movi~ studios wanted to'sign him,· but_ there was one problem, as Thomas
remembered:
"Louis B. Mayer said I had the quaJ,ities to become a- great dramatic actor. He
said:.I cou~d b~:another David Warfield. I didn't ·even know who David W~rfield
was' ·but aprareritly. he. was a Broe1dway star, .who also had a swarthy complexion.
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"Then Mayer tqld me how Americans 'go to ·thEi movies to live in a dream world,.
leaving.their o~n hum~ru~ lives behind: They wanted tci se~ beautiful. people with _
_perfect facek .. So ·he wanted me to have my nose fixed.·
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'in later ye~rs ·as ;my ~,dad')'· said, 'Danny, this is one thing I can't advise you
jon. ' . (But) that night he called me . and_ told me, 'Yes, :t can advise you. You
don't have.to _change your nose. There'll be I?lenty·of work fo:t ,you-anyway.; "
Lastfogel .proved prophetic and his client',s films. ca'me to i~ciude ''The··
Unfinished Dance'' in. l947, "Big City" in 1948~,. "Cal) MeJ-iister" and "I'll See
You in My Dreams", (as songwriter Gus Kahn)_ in 1951 a~d a r~make. of "The Jazz·
Singer" in 1953.
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giants of comedy a,s Mil ton Berle Jimmy D~rante and Ed Wynn, but left 'unhappily
. in. 19.52 af.ter 1=:wo years,, calling tele'{ision ''a workp.lace for· idiots. "
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after thre~ years became ~The Danny Th6mas Show." That show ended its origiria1
run in. 1.964 but res'urfaced ·later as "Make RC?O'\TI for Granddaddy .. "
The plot_ was ~veiled .reflection of ·Thomas' _life and the·ori~inal title. came
f~om a phrase used {n Th6mas' home. Wh~n~ver he ieturned from his club; film .or
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appearances,his- children. had .to shift ·bedrooms tq "make. room for 'daddy,
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second wife, Kathy; ~ngel'a Cartwright played a .daughter·, Linda; and Rusty H<:uner
played . his son, Rusty.\ Sherry Jackson and Penney Parker were seen successively
as the daughter; Terry.
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_ tnost belo.ved was Hans conried as ·Uncle· Tonoose,- .the heavily accented,
~won~erfully~ccentr~c patriarch of,the Williams clan;
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at· episodic TV ·fiye 'years late:r: li?- ·"The Piac::tic~'," _i:q- which' he portrayed an 1
elderly, ~bsent-minded and contrary physician. But the ~how:was placed o~posite
"Dallas" and'lasted only a ·year.·
Another come.dy; "One Big Family,'! brought Thomas back to syndicated
teleVision for the final time in 1986.- He played a,n old-time vaudevillian who
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By then he had also -become a televis:i,on executive, form.ing his own company to
produce '!The Andy .Griffith Show;" "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Gomer Pyle USMC"
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·a:fter·he·:r·father;s.death), he·i.,s survived by another:daughter, Theresa, ·and a
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"I don't know who said· t;his ,." he·· continued. "Maybe it was Shakespeare who
_said: 'Show .me. a man in trouble and·I'll show you'a·funhy man.' "
The .fa~ily is ieeking contri~utions to St. Jude's Children's Research
Hospl_tal, 332.-N. Lauderdale St., Memphis, Tenn. 38105 ..
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HEADLINE: Danny Th<;=>mas, · 79, the TV Star Of 'Make
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Danny Thomas, the-· comedian ·and philanthropist best known as the star of the
televisi,ori series nMake. Room fo'r Daddy!' in the 1950 Is and 60 Is -died yesterday
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79 years old.
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Mr .. ·Thomas appeared in "Make Room for Daddy," later known· as· "The Danny
Thomas Show," from 1953 to 1964, playing a_nightclub comedian,. which he was for
much. of· his almost 60 -year career. He was. a1so: a founder and benefactor· of the
St. Jude Children' s.· Research Hospital in Memphis, which seeks cures for
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"Dariny was one of the giants of the indust-ry I" Bob Hope :_said y,esterday.
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daughter Marlo, said:. "He hit the lo~g ball for such·a long time. He would hold
an audience for an.unprecedented length.of time in the imagery of the story he '
was tellirig, and suddenly would com:e-.the punch line, and the ceili'ng wduld crack
with laughte'r. He wove an' illusion on the stage with no props, all by himself."
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-promoting his-autobiography, "Make-Room-for Danny," written with B:lll Davidson
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The comedian said in his autobiography that theoriginal title of his ,
~elevisio~ show was provided by his wife, the former ~os~. Maiie Cassaniti. The
title was based on their family's manyyears of experience 'with his nightclub
travels. While he was away his two daughters slept ,in his bedroom with their
mother and put their clothes in his dresser. Wh~n he; returned. home~ they would
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Danny Thomas waS born on Jan, 6, 1912,_ on a hbrse farm in Deerfield, Midh:,
the .son of Lebanese immigrants.' Many references list the year of his birth as
1914, but a family spokesman sa{d ye~t~rday that i~ was actually 1912. ·~t birth
he. was named· Muzyad Yakhoob, but. his parents later changed the name to Amos
Jacobs~ He grew up with his eight brothe~s and one siSter largely iri Toledo,
Ohio, and ·dip~ped.otit'of hig~ school in his freshman. y~ar with a dream that many
·first-generation .Americans· had in thos·e days:· t·o make it in show business .. He
··had· already, at age 11, had his .first job in the entertainment world: selling
candy and ice cream in the aisles at a burlesque hou~e. He made his ·official
show'-busiriess debut.· tn 1932 on "The Happy J{our Club,". an amateur shbw on WMBC
Radio· in Detroit.
On.Aug. 12, 1940, at the 5100 Club in Ch~cago, he. took the.name Da~ny Thomas,
after his younger brother· and·Thomas:after his eldest. He had-already
a:cted on radio -.;. his true ambition was to be' a· characte'r actor -- but took the
club job. because t·he: pay, $50 a week; was better thEm his radio salary .. :He did
not, however, want his radio friends, .or his family in Toledo, to find out. that
l:J.e had returned to the s'aloons, so hy came up with.a,pseudonym. _.It. stuck.
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· Lastfogel,. then t'he head of· the William Morris Agency, who ·g1:1ided his career for·
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· "My people• are inherently storytellers, " he ·said in a 'recent; interview.· "When I
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kid, the entertainment' was' somebody from the old country or a. big •city who .
came and visited and told tales of where they came from/.And my, moth.er was very ·
good at it. She could not read br.wr~te in any·language, yet she would see
silent movies and make up her own scenarios."
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In the~1940's, Mr. Thomas performed on the Farin~ Brice r~dio show and then
was given his own program ;on CBS radiO I II The Danny Thomas Show I II .which ran from
1944 to 1949~ In World ~ar It, h~ entertained troops in North Afri~a, ~taiy and
the Philippines, and after the war he ~en~ into the movi~s. ·
Three. movie produc~rs -- ·Jack Warner, Louis B. Mayer and Harry· Cohn··
wanted
him to fix his tr~demark hook.nose, saying that otherwi~e he would riever'make it
big. Mr .. ·Thomas adamantly refused..
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His .films included "The Unfinished Dance" (1947); "The Big City" (1948); ·
"Call Me. Mister" (i951)'; ''I.'ll See. You.. in My Dreams" (1951), in which he
starred, opposite Doris Day; as_the songwriter Gus Kahn, and "The Jazz Singer"
(1953), in which he. po~trayed Al Jolson.
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was s~itched to CBS.- the show can still be seen in reruns. The s~ries made him.a
household name. Mr~ Thomas recently ~ecalled that· ~he prog~am was frequently No~
1 in. the ratings and almost' alw~ys .in the top 10. '
He then bedame a highly suctessful television producer, -first with Sheldon
Leonard and then wit'h Aarori Spelling. The series he produced _with Mr. Leonard·
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inclusJ.ed "The Andy. Griffith Show II "The Dick Var;J. Dyke Show I n . "Gomer .Pyle',
U.S.M.C." and "The Re.:H .. McCoys" ;: .those witl]. Mr. Spelling included "The. Mod
Squad"- and· "The Guns of Will'Sonnett." Later television series in which Mr.
Thomas starred included "Make Room· for;Granddaddy~' 'in 1;970, "The Pra'ctice" in
197.6 a'rid '1977·, "I'm a Big Girl Now" ·.in ·1980 and "One Big Family" 'in 1986.
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Iri-recent year~,~he :appear~d in·a Legends of Comedy a6t with Milton.
Be~l~ ~nd Sid Caesar. In 1985~ Pres:ldent~Ronald ~eagan ga~e him·a·congressional
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He oftEfn ~said that -in the difficult -~arly days of' his career, when· his :wife. was .
urging him to give up show business _and get·a regular job, he'prayed to St~ Jude
Thaddeus, ·th~ patron saint .of hopeless, impossible and difficult- cases. He asked·.
. the. saint toput·him on the right path, vowing that if the saint did so he would.
build .him a shrine ..
That shrine, built with.the assistance of many other people, was the St. Jude·
Child:J?en's Research Hospital, which was dedicated in 1962. Mr .. Thomas·spent much.
of his time raising ~oney for the,hospital, w~ich he,lohg considered hii most.
important'accompli~hment. "That's my epitaph,".ne said in a recent· interview.
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He w~s also devoted i:.o his family and loved to talk about the. success of his
children: Marlo Thomas's career ·on televis~on and in films, his daughter· . .
Th~~esa's two children; the work~of his son, Tony, as a ~reducer of.television
shows and films, including "The Golden Girls,".· "Empty Nest" and "Dead Poets
Society." On Saturday ni'ght;., Danny Thomas appeared as a guest on ·"Empty Nest,"
portraying an elderly physician.
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grandchildren.
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1953 _version of "The Jazz Singer.·" He portrayed the sari of a cantor, the role
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Danny Thotnas,:77 years and
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up to be out there for maybe 20 minutes; tn our
H~ raises his lefi hand to his mouth, and gr~y smoke from th~·long cigar that
is clenched between his fingers drifts.overhis not-quite-as-gray hair .. He
~eaches ~p to adjust the black~~immed eyeglas~es.that som~what disguise ~is
trademark larg~ hook ndse, a nose that three movie producers -- Jack W~rner,
.Louis B .. Mayer and Harry Cohn ~- could ·not persuade him to change'.
"The new-comics' subject matter is not deep enough," Mr. Thqmas continues.·
"They don't'get;: to the core. of the··.people. The:r:e's r~al·lyno substance, no
universality to what they're doing.· There's no artistry there,._" He takes ·another
puff. "They have one big probl~m. They have to start on top; They ~o· on the talk
shows· or to the big comedy· clubs and t.he fir'st t:i_me out they must be scared to
death .. They have no place to stink: We did. Oh, did we stink!"
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soared,· is told in in Mr. Thomas's autobiography,. "Ma~~ Room .for Danny," which
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and his friends still· c,all him Jake) , • the son of Lebanese immigrants who was .
•born in beerfieid, M~ch .. , op Jan. 6, 1914, and grew up with his eight brothers
and one sister largely in Toledo,· Ohio. It·· is the story of a high~ school dropout
who went int.o show business with the dream of becoming a· character actqr. (It is
a dr~am he still. pursues; his daughter· Marlo Tho~as is working bn·a mo~ie for
the two of ihem to do together.)_ He was a char~cter actor on radio, although one
of 6is first radio jobs -was making the sound -of horses' hoo~es on a ''Lone
Ranger" ·show by beating hci.s chest with two toilet' plungers.
But he had·a y~n for comedy and after rough beg1nn'ings became a night-club
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the William 'Morris Agency. He took. the nam~ ·Danny Thomas, combining the first
names of_ two' of· h;Ls· brothers, at the 5100 Club in: Chic;:::ago in 1940 .
. Then came movies, followed by majqr success ori teievision in the situatl.on
comedy 11 Make ·Room· for' Daddy, u later known as 11·The· ·Danny Thomas· Sho~, 11 whi.ch ran·
from- 1953 to 1964 and is still seen in reruns. And he became a·successful
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television producer, first with Sheldor,t Leonard and t·he'n .with Aaron Spelli:ng,
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Danny Thomas does,not deliver one-liners. 11 My peoble are- inherently
. storytellers II he explains. 11 When . I was a kid, . the e·ntertainment was somebody
.'from~he bl~ countr~ ·or a big-city who came and visit~d and told tales of where
. they came from. And 1 my moth~r was very good at .it. She ·could not read or write
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the ·Jack Story:
Ther.e'B this traveling salesman who gets stuck one night on a, lonely country '
road, with a. flat tire and· no j ac}<:. ·So he s·tarts walking toward a service station
about a mile away, and as he \-<{alks, he talks to himself .. 11 How much can he c,harge
me ·for renting a jac~? 11 he thinks. 11 0ne dollar; maybe two. But it's.the middle
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dollars.· If he's anything like my b:r:;other-in:-la"'? ,· he'll figure I got no. plac·e -~ ·
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Through the years Mr. Thomas has been known· for his deep reli~ious faith., .
((Bob Hope's one-liner orr the subject i~ that. his' friend panny ·is so religious·J
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classi-c. tale about ~r .. Thomas is that early in his ca-reer, when things· were riot
going well and after his wife ',the former Rose Marie Cassaniti had urged him to .
leave sho'w business, he prayed to st:. Jt].de Thaddeus,' the patron saint of, the
h,opeles,s; impossible and difficult cases,_ asking the saint to .set him 'on the
right path. He vowed that if· the saint did so he would build him a shrine. To. ·
this day; 'Mr. Thomas says, he .believes in the saint, and still has conversations
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"After that, everything happen~d-to m~ so quickly that it. had t6 be ~ore than
a coinciaehce,_", he _says. "~ never prayed_ for .fame·and fortune. I ·wasn't trying
. to do anything· but, make a living.' I· was hoping· that t~e radio produ<I::ers would.·
have more faith in my ability to play character roles. All I wanted w~s to get a
house' iJ?. the ,country 1 puy a station wagon 1 raise my kids • "
The 'shrine he built, with the :help ,of many other' people, ·turned out to be the_
St ~· Jude. Childr~n' s Rese~rch HOspital. in Memphis, T~nn. And, ·.he $ays, the;r-e is
no ~oubt in his mind· that tl1.e hospital is his'most important accomplishment.
"There's no question of it," he. says proudly.
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He still spend~ much of his ti~e raising money for the hospital: "We rais~d
$92, million last year," he says; "and.-. spent only 22· ·cents on the dollar to raise
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HEADLINE: COMIC DANNY.THOMAS·DIES;ENTERTAINER: THE BENEFACTOR OF ST. JUDE'S
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Danny, Thomas, one of America's most beloved entertainers, whose li.fe and·
career were indelibly l.ntertwined with tha.t of his patron saint; died 'of. a heart'
attack Wednesday.
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Norman Brokaw, head of; the William Morris Agency and Thomas': longtime agent,
said th~:·79~year-old actor was stricken at .his Tiousdale Estate$ home ~bout 1:30
a.m.
'Paramedics took'Thomas' to Cedars-Sinai'Medical Center, .where he was
pronouriced.dead in the emergency room about 3,0.minutes later, ·hospital spokesman
Ron Wise said.
"There was nothing that ·anyone could do," Wise added.
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fr'iend had just completed- a series of coast~to-coast interviews in connection
·with his autobi,ography and had .stopped. in Mernphis, Tenn. , to' help c.elebrate the
29th anni ver$ary of Thomas' belov~d. St. Jude's Children's Research H~spi tal.
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.Winner ot' five Emmys for. ".The Danny Thomas Show," ~cp.lled "Ma·k.e Room for.
Daddy" when. it first wen,t ori the air in 1953, knighted by two Popes and holderof t'h~ Cohgres·sio:nal Gold Medal presented by former President Ronald Reagan·,.·
Thomas· was a multl.faceted comic, .equally at home before TV and· movie camera's and
in the acrid environs of ..the cheap nighfclubs where he began.·
And the.·· immediate reaction' to his death reflected both Thomas' dedication .to
· humanit.arian causes and that versatility.
"His warmth and believability generated truth," actress Pat Carroll, who
portrayed the·~ife of. a nightcl~b owner oh the TV show, told CBS radio
Wednesday.
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You·' q just. walk up' to him and there would be ene_rgy coming out f.rom him. T'he
word love ·comes out.· He exuded love. He. hugged you qnd complimented you. ·He was
always positive."
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for George- Burns at the Hillcrest Country Club. "Dann.y was one of my closest
friends," ~urns said Wednesday. "He.touched all·of our lives and he. will be
missed.
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Bob Hope said·, "Danny was one of th~ giant~ of the industry. and what ~e did
fot s·t. Jude's wi'll never be forgotten.
. I can't ~nderstand ~is leaVing us.
God .mu~t· have needed·· some help."·
In a -~ritten stat'ement President Bush said. Thomas'· death ,n leaves a
noticeable' void in ~the world of American humor. We also lose a firie gentleman
and humanitaria~ who-~ill. alway~ be known as a ·man of good will.
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television .to laugh at 'ourselves ~nd. our· daily problems. we will be laU:ghing
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the'last of hundredi its benefactor had p~id .over the years.
"He was cutting cake, chatting with kids and parel).tS,_ shakinghands.with
employees. Hi.s spirits were high, his healt''h seemed good. It's a .terrific final
memory~- _he was·liaving such,a great time whei1 he was here."
Although. Thomas was best~known popularly as Danny WilliafDS ,· the frequently.
absent e~·tertainer. on one of the country's longest.:.running television series, he
seemed to think of himself as Amos Jacobs, the son of Lebapese immigrants.
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"My purpose in life. is· to propagate the philosophy
man'S, faith in man, based
upon my ovm belief that unless man re-;-establishe·s his faith in his fellow
beings, he c;an never establish.a faith in: God."
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greatest a'ccomplishment of. my life, something that will live long, after the
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sickle-~ell anemia through a then-urip~ecedented bone marrow transplant -- Thomas
would gather playe~s from the.old TV series·~nd reminisce about the show.
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friends and delebrities who attended the countless lunches and ~inn~rs that
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children with· acute lymphocytic leukemia was less than 5%, he would 9ay. It was
past 50% at St. Jude's when·he died.
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children'.s ·hospital in MemphiS: in the early .19·50s. ·By 1955, local·
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entertainment stars. to Memphis·. He and his wife, also roadtripped
throughout the c;::ountry in order to raise money. Once he had . .
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the hospital's fundraising efforts. Today, ALSAC-St. Jude has .
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In 1987, st Jude Children's. Research Hospital.
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hospital'·~·29th anniversary. He is buried in a family crypt at
the Danny Thomas/ALSAC Pavilion q_n the grounds of th.e· hospital·.
a:r:td white roses'are placed at the crypt daily.
Statistics
By· the··year 2000, one in every 1, 0~0 adults will be a
survivor of ·childhood' cancer ..
The most. common childhood cancer.· is acute lymphoblastic
leukemia. In 1960, only 5% to io% ·Of childr~n survived this ·
cancer.· Now, over 70% survive this cancer) which strikes 2,000
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Danny's ·request struck' a responsivE! cho.rd.
ln.1957,· 1oo representatives of the Arab-.·
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.·S.tneethat time', this ·group, with natio~al headquart~rs in Memphis -and regional
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_;hospital's fundraising efforts, raising millions annually through benefits arid sollcttation .. ~
.· ·drives among Americans of au ethnic, religious and· racial backgrounds. -Today, , .
ALSAC is the seventh largest not~for~profit fund raising organization in America and' Is
: supponep by .the efforts or more· than one million volunteers nationwide.
· Danny's dream·- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - opened Its doors in 1962 .·· ·
and is now recognized as one of the world's premier centers for study, and treatment ·
. ·of catastrophic·· diseases in ehild.ren. Focusing on pediatric leukemias, solid tumor ·
· forms of cancer, and biomedical research, during Its first decade of existence, the .
hospital's curative therapies and research succe5ses spread Its fame worldwide· and~
helped ~ave the lives of innumerable children everywhere.
Today's basle and clinical' research at St. Jude inciudes work In chemotl"ierapy, 1he
. biochemistry of normal and cancerous cells, radiation treatment, blood diseases, ·
resistance to' therapy, viruses, nerecmaiy diseases, in11uenza, and psychologl,ca't
effects of catastrophic Illnesses.. Now .blessed with.the first sizabte population of·
· adults liylng cancer-free after- having received cheniqtherapy· and radiation treatments
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. renovation projeet that will more than double the hospital'a siz~ and inereese the .
ho~pital's staff and researchers and move into new Investigative programs. The,
construction program includes a tour-story patient care bullolrig; a: five-story research
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•. AL~AC died on February e, 1991, justtwo days afterjoining patlel\tS, parents and
employees to celebrate the tiospltal's 29th apnlver$ary. He was laid to .rest in a family.
crypt at the Danny Thoma~/ALSAC Pavifion on the grounds Of th'e ·hospital. White. ,-ro•es are pl,aeed at the. crypt daily:as a.,remlnder'to visitors, families of patients· and
the thou~ands of children who benefitted from hls caring that Danny' Thom·as' dream
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Later conc.~rns: .Brain tumor,· infertility ·
coneept that -*'nti&ta wi&b the. lne~l!;able brulaea. AD active ·
Bill, evezj child With ALL
.·.public uiKierltood better:. ID thtld tw'lllliiUW and pale. . who comes throup St; Judt'a
medlcalteseaiqhlansweruare- , ~lnally, ablood·testtumaup Jioon facee an !ndlvldual ?ar·
ly are found iA one magic mo- abnorma11tlet. A bone marrow
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' If Uttte :!Jbrd~ survives- chil~oodALL. They'd~
aomethinl th~· !a far from u- ~$3\ona. ButrclllpaCand~th
Svrc<l--ahe will owe her life to uiU~ly came~ in a r-ew weeks or
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·Dr. OonaldPinlcet.St.Jude's
:md Burape. And she.tnrum, ia . nrst drrectar, had a new 1~:
·pare ofan effor~ thlt the Le\IJce. He deci()ed to combinu.everal
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niJa Sooiety Of A1nerlci sayt of~drugsatonceforanal!-<JUt
could lead to a cure for all asaa'ult on tl~ I'OJ1lt cella.
ehildrerl-'-and adults-with leuInitial reS\111.1 lOOked prom·
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chief physlcitl\ at the research
chat toeHC diu& bttUsiom. "I
nprayingtoOod,aayingthanlc
you, thank you, thank you, I aot
my life b~k."
And vet. abe says, •tt'saome·.
thin& tlW will stay with me ftir .
But such ·oota.:•rns an tu
fromtbernindofPrankStcwan,
wboae Z•ycar-old daughter
Sbarissai•wtder&oingtreatment
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worker, 36,Js spending the d.ay,
with theliufe g.irlln an Isolation ,.
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~auae or a .stomACh bl.Ja-a ·
COII1Jl'lQII problem for patients.
the reet of my life. • For one
ln·at on l.nr~tlon-fi&htlne hlot~
thlq, radiatlo1:r llunted her
cells.
after two ye~. fewer tlwi one
liav\ns &.r ltC>Wld ~·
feet taU-in, Lhc normcl range,
but somothiria c:,f lA ombartas$•
ment to ~· athletic' teenager.
"PeOple call me 'M1A Petite
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qua.ner survived. the rM-year
arowth,
Shadssa •eems to have juat ·
enOU&fl stten&th to slurp on an
oi'aft8e lhorbol, 11 Sho 'Wtftts to
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. ju.sfnot tber~.- her father &1.1•·
StcY."trt, b1l wile and their threti
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otbel preiChool daughters are
She also blamol the radia- llvina in a t'lWby motel wJUie
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'rhe prQblem, doctors soon ·JelftRwl.threa4mgandwridng- ·Phaseotatrear.mentre&il!lethat
found, was tiW a few bad cella thouah she's proud to say abe typicallylaststwotothieeyears.
· Indeed, thfiobilcken faDed. a c•r jdrugs did no1 •reacb, · ~
fol'lnid4ble enemy-one Lhat, rad.1Cil solu~on doctors dlo.se
llb illl'c:aneer~ 1 beil&:~e ailC.ntly _. ~• tad&&tlon--dir~tcd rlght a\
·~th a. few -.nml cells •• ~ · the :brail1s of their YOUJII pa·
In the c:aso Of ALL~ the cul• tler\l,s."
prita are i~ wbite blood .
~The moc&al CO'Iiununlty did.
cells inside. ~ bone murow. 119t (approve of) St. Jude radiat·
Forreasoos-~UQder~. llll;kids' helda;" saysltivora,
these cells ~aln to repi-cduee ·woo JcMed the staff in that era.
·wildly, ~r¢~ out normal
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blood cdla llceded tQ dellvtr Ptv~·yoar, Clnc:et..fm IUf\ival.
oxy.e.en, aid c1«tinJIJ2d pre'Vellt · rat. solred ·to 36%, then, witb
· iilfeetion ~out tbc body, the. addltlc:m of new drup, 53,;.
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Mari$& SbaaJe, a preuy 24year·old, finished her chomo~ ·
tbotapy five YCU"O •so; SlH\ re- ·
membert the day. doctors re·
lQOVed the oa~ put In her
i~ini: About half the p~ierus
ht»pittl fotmdt\d. by tM late e!l• oftdo made it into the brain lnd
,rertibier o~y Thomas.
spirial fluid, ;vhere the anti~·
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form tO lM ~tat!Jtia M end . !11\mP. raetora that allowed them
when the treatment erids,
to get ~r in tbe ftrst,ptace.
survived at ;(eut a year. But
3utvlvaJ rate wu oDly 9%. .
childhood J$em.ia. could be '
~·we haq kids!Jving. year
cured-It was Whether.h should lnBl~ of ·aix rnowhl, • says
. be treated at atl.
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IU\'\'tvorc may ~ve a JUabet·
thin-normatllfedmemkofcan~
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haveqnpairedherabititytchave ·danMaru-who's~herown
obUdreu-...lthou&h·uliUS,Yiormcr
cr!les o'~~' tho past lwo )"0&1-.-:..
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pltlents seem to have no trouble. is talklna .about tiM Chlliuabua ·
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lhe hOpei 11\C can~aet Wben ~~
1n !.aet, meareheu say that· treauaent b over~
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dllogqai.,.bermothu. A dog'
!.sn't pouiblc now beca_use· of ·
Iter wuk ilnmuoe IY.ttem.
Bul her mom. coo, lmoWI .
there·· sa lot to throu;h before
she can buy that puppy -and., . .
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istotetpet'Plf!lhavea!ionrilllite · aft~rwardt.
?ill Into the :~oad mum· aDd d~ re~emen~ ~lowed doc". Uci that' a jllit what J've had."
rnftltrate viial:oi'IIW..,..the llv- . tor~ to tmut:z:tdia~tre&tment
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Saddest for Martsa is the · to go throu&h," hesaya.
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To tour the St Jude Children's R~8earch Hospital in Memphis, and .give :reU\arks on
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. research and treatment center for children with catastr:ophic diseases, primarily '
. · pediatric cancers. Every year,· St JQ.de Hospital. treats approxima~ly .5,000 chil~r~n
ages 18 years and younger who have been diagnosed, or are. suspected of having, :
cancer or ,other.catastrophic illnesses currently. under re~arch and treatment by the
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The hospital, ~hich was founded in 1962 by the late entertafuer Danny Thomas; luis
no financial requirements for adlnission. The hospital covers all costs of care beyond
those reimbursable by third party payments. The hospital i~ supported primarily by .
volunteer contributions raised by the J\merican Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities
(ALSAq, a fundraising organization es~blished by Thomas expr~ssly for the
purpose of funding St Jude.- In addition to medical costs, the hospital often proVides
assistance ·with· transporlatioP. and local living e?<penses 'for families of St Jude
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treated more than 13,175 children from all 50 states and 43 fore~gn co~ntries~
Although most visits Jo' St Jude are on ari out-patient b~sis, the· hospital also
maintains 48 beds for patients requiring hospitaliZation during ~e~trii.ent
· St Jude Hospital'~ reputation is well-known -:Presidents Bush and Ford, Vi~e . . .
President Quayle. and Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan all visited. the hospital while._
in office. Vice-President Gore visited right before the inauguration.
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..<:=atastrophic illnesses, and is the orily pediatric research hospital supported by a·
National Cancer Institute cancer center core grant .St Jude's primary research focus ·
.is on cancers, infectious diseases, blopd disorders and hereditary diseases.
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· biochemistry of normal and can<7erotis cells, radiation treatment, bloo~ diseases,
resistance to therapy, viruses, hereditcuy diseases, jnfluenza, pediatric HIV; and the
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One' can it tcn1r' this :hospital, as I have just had the
privilege of _doing, without ,being _reminded of the extraord~nary .
~apacity of individual men and women to do goodthings on·:pehalf.
of_ their fellow human beings.
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Today l.s. a c~lebration, of one of the most :i:-emarkab_le
pediatric research institutions' in·the worl'd~ But it is also a
·celebration of values.' :it's a celebration of what we cari
aCCOmplish When We take r'esponsibility I when We' care ,about things.
beyond ourpelves, _when we believe that a' brighter future is worth
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'I've heard all the stories about :how, as a struggling,·
young entertainer,_ Danny Thomas prayed-to the Patron .saint of
hopeless, impossible-, 'and difficult cases·~ He had faith that· his
fortunes·, would improve, and 'they did. And befor'e long, .. if. you
grew up when :E did, everybody, in America knew 'him· as the' loveable
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·. Saint· -- his thanks for prayers answer~d --.·but it is also a
beacon of·hope for thousands of children all over·the .world
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hold very dear: That ·in this country, we cannot afford to waste a
sihgle•persQn, and particularly not~ ch~ld~
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:ta:te for the mos:t· common form of childhood cancer·, acute·
lymphoblastic leukemia, was about' 10 percent· at best. Today,· the
survival rate has· increased to 'about 70 percen·t, and st .. Jude
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remarkabl~. We know the equipment arid technolQgy used to treat
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wa:s admitted regardleps of his or her family's ability to pay.
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And I can't tell you: how' many ti~es I've seen fear and panic'
,written all over the faces of parents who don'-t. know whether they
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of whom lived, o~e of who~ died, the 'sole. difference beii)g. that
ohe had insurance and-the other.didn't.
I've-met a couple in Clevela~d with two chronically ill.
children who couldn't get insurance. 'i'h'e parenti:;. m~de too.much
money to qualify for- Medicaid. Insurance· companies .wouldn't take:
them because of the- children's · illnesses~- And. the .parents were ,
told: riyou just don't uride~stand. we don't insure burning
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'reform, and it.'s the reason we must continue to w.ork toward _a new
ethos in this country that affirms 'every person'-s -- and
particularly· every child'.s -- basic right to care.
st >Jude reflects that ethos because -you unde~sta:rid that
children are our future. But .like. any great institution, St .. ,Jude
has only succeeded becau~e-the 'people behind-it shared. a common'
-purpose, a mission~ a sense of. partnerShip.
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· I know the ef-fort required to raise funds through private
philanthropy. _I also know that government support is essential,
paJ;"ticularlywhen that government support· acknowledges 'that"there
is a di_fference between .treating children and treating adults.
I 'in proud, that the· federal govern_ment supports this h~spital
· and the research goirig on here through the Na~ional ~nstitutes .of
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w9rk here·.:.- whether·you·are in the operating rooms or cleaning
the floors to make the halls sparkle -- didn't care profoundly
abbut the importance of ~his hospital' to' children and their
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matters is that we can·J.ook at ourselves in the mirror and ~ay we·
did something that day or that week to make a child's'life
better.
_Every day, those of yotJ. who work here, and those who support
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somethin~ ~o make a child's.life better.~ Maybe you do it through
research. Maybe through treatment. Maybe· through counseling a··
. parent who is anxious about a child'·s illness. Maybe 'through
providing' a comfortable environment for. families under tremendous
stress. Maybe through contributions of .time or·'money.
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reall:y made a difference i11.the lives of children, then we will
have fulfilled our responsi~iliti~~ as adults and as lea~ers.
,1 Of course, we have Danny Thomas' legacy to draw from. o.:f all .. ·
his accomplishments -- being-knighted by _the Pope, winning .the .
Congressional Gold: Medal I succeeding as an ente_rtainer .
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all be reminded-of the need to renew .that .spirit of selfless.
commitment. Of caring and compassion. Of responsibility and
giving. -'And I hope we will all rememberthat we cari make no
better'' investment than the investment we make in our children.
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Because St J~de_is..aresearch hospital, each child's treabnent is part of a specific
study aimed at' le'arning more about cancer - therefore,· patients can only ·be accepted
for treatment if the. hospital has an active research study of their diagnos~s -at the time
of referral. Children wtto have been previously 'treated for cancer in another setting
or have relapsed can rarely be admitted,. because St Jude researchers can only ensure
the accu,acy of their s.tudies unless·all patientS·begin treabnent at approximately the
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account for more than 23,000 hospital visits per year. ,Even after cancer sUrvivors
· complete their treabnent at St Jude, they still visit the hospital once a year until they :
are 18 years old, St Jude studies show that 30 percent of c,hildhood cancer survivors
have some medical problell\~ in later years related eith~r to the-original 'cancer, or' to
· . the treabnent given· for the disease. St ·Jude Hospital has an "Mter .Completion of
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insurers, no child };las ever been denied admission to St Jude Hospital because of a
family's ipability to pay for treabnent ,Approximately.% priva~ _insurance; %
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The hospital has an operating budget of ·$110 million and approximately 1,s4s
employees, including a research staff of·276. In addition 'to funds from ALSAC,.St
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National Cancer Institute.
Expansion Program ·
In November ·1987,- St Jude broke grou~a fot a $134 inillion expansion project that
will (when compl~ted) double the hospital's size, increase its number of researchers· .
. and expand existing research programs. The first phase of the project was a 1,000.·
vehicle ·parking facility, completed in xx; the second phase was the seven-story. .
"Danny.Thomas Research Tower," completed in 1991. bn Frid~y, the hospital will·
·dedicate fl:te third and final phase of the project, the four-story "Patient Care Center."
. The-hospit:al's seven-story"Daimy Thomas Re~arch To.wer" will also be extensively
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. health care charity ,in America,· sponsoring 'm~re than' 30,000 fundraising activities for
St Jude around ~e co~ntry each year. In .the next fiscal year, ALSAC expects to. raise more than $100, million for the ho~pital. .
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Danny Thomas was very personally cm:nmitted ·fo St. jude Hospital, and bore :mu~h ·
of its fundraising responsibility~ \Vh~n he died in·1991, Thomas was buried inthe
hospital's ~otunda: After hjs death, Thomas' three children decided--to carry_ on with
_his work at the hospital: Marlo Thomas does all of the hospital's on~air publicity;
Terre Thoinas is the family's. representative on the hospital board; and- Tony Thomas
'helps orgairl.ze the hospital's I;Ilajor fundraising events.
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outpatients (ages'five and under) and their familieswaiting to-see the medical staff.
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In the Medicine Room~ you and Marlo Thomas will Visit with several child.ren with
cancer while they are receiving chemotherapy treatments. The chemotherapy ;:...
which lasts anywhere from o'ne to four hours,: depending on the level of treatmen( _.;
is administered through Ns while the children lie' 'in bed. Between 50 ·and 100 .
childrenreceive ~hen;10therapy at St Jude Hospital every day. (The advance teamwill.give you written descriptions of the patients at the airport) ·.
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The Experimental Hematology- Laboratory is St J~de_Hospital's newest (jepartment
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Dr. xx, head of the department, will ask several ofhisresearches to give you a.brief
explanation of the projects they are working on.· Dr. xx cam~ to St Jude a-'year and. ahalf ago from the Nlli, where he was. director of. the Heart,
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, Following your tour of the Danny Thomas Research Tower, you will pr<>ceecl to .a
deqication ceremony for the hospital's new Patient Care' Center: When ,this new four-:- ·
' . story center opens in January, it will house_ alJ inpatient and outpatient facilities, and
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·all patient-support ~rvices (see attached fact sheet for more infoimatiop.) ·This
· dedication· ceremony. was planned a few monthS. before the official opening of the .
center to coincide with ALSAC's a.pnual convention
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·. ·. Following j:he ceremony, you will proceed .to the lobby of the Patient Care Center-for
the unv~iling of a. new mural~ The mural ... · After the artist, xx, delivers brief
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remarks, you and -Marlo Thomas will pull rib}?ons on either ~ide and· unveil the
mittal.
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[No~: On Saturday ni,ght at the Pyramid in downtown- Memphis, Priscilla. Presley is .
hosting "Elvis Presley- The Tribute," an all-star tribute to Presley and· his.music that.
will air on ABC in Dece:Q1ber. In honor of this first "official" tribute to Elvis, various
pop and rock stars will perform some of his songs. Half of the proceeds will be .·
donated to StJude Hospital.]
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Speechwriting
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First Lady’s Office
Speechwriting
Date
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1994
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36105">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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2012-1004-S
Description
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Within the First Lady’s Office, Speechwriting assisted with the writing and editing of the speeches given by the First Lady at various events and on various trips. This collection highlights topics relating to the arts and humanities, women’s issues and organizations, medical issues and organizations, health care, the economy, the military, and the efforts of the First Lady on behalf of candidates running in the 1994 midterm elections. It contains speeches given by the First Lady, and speeches given by President Clinton and Ira Magaziner, to a wide variety of organizations and audiences during 1994. The records include memos, notes, speech drafts, talking points, pamphlets, articles, correspondence, and newsletters.
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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150 folders in 10 boxes
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Paper
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HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton]/St. Jude 10/7/94
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First Lady’s Office
Speechwriting
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2012-1004-S
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Box 7
<a href="http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/Systematic/2012-1004-S-Speechwriting.pdf">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1766805" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Reproduction-Reference
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11/13/2014
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42-t-7763272-20121004s-007-003
1766805