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Gorgeous AND Generous - Depp Donates $2 Mil!
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:30 AM PDT
Johnny Depp has donated 2 million dollars to the British hospital that saved his daughter's life when she was stricken with an illness last year, according to the Daily Mail.
Depp showed up at Great Ormond Street Hospital Monday unannounced, where he thanked the staff and personally presented them with the donation.
In addition to donating his own money, Johnny also spent some time with sick children in the hospital back in November, where he read bedtime stories to patients while dressed in his Jack Sparrow costume!
He may have just won the Golden Globe for playing a demon barber, but it sounds like Johnny has the heart of an angel!
Disney also pledged 20 million to the hospital, which is trying to raise money for renovations. Course, that's only a small fraction of what they made on Johnny's Pirate movies, but still!
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Comments
We enjoyed "Sweeney Todd" great actor. Glad to see he gives back.
what a guy!!!!
very classsssssy...i love him!
He deserves all of his fame, success, and happiness...he's always been a really cool and down to earth guy who is also hugely talented.
What a guy!
He's not only one of "THE HOTTEST" actors on the planet but he also has a huge heart! (I bet you thought I was going to say something else) LMFAO!
Love Johnny Depp.
That brought a tear to my eye. I've always liked him, but this brought him to heroic status in my eyes. What a wonderful person.
this is most refreshing to find sandwiched
between all this white trash britney garbage.
Its sooo nice to hear of a celebrity doing something like this without any fan far - not one of those people who make a huge deal out of it - "Look at me." Its nice to see people giving back to the community.
By the way . . he can read to me in his Jack Sparrow costume anyday!!
I just love this man, He Is One Of A Kind!!
YAYY !! I liked this story
See x17?...there are other stars out there. Post more good stuff and less britney.
Someone like Johnny Depp who is *hot hot hot* deserves all the good things in life and who donates,(actually donates,not just "signs" some fake cd through a gossip site and it "auctions it off") is an awesome. awesome person.
I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!
He is a beautiful man. he didn't need any attention or cameras on him.
That means SHIT to me! this type of donation equals a payment to his daughter saviour!! I'd give him so merit if he'd donate his 2.000.000 bucks to the cure of cancer (not related to him)! This one reminds me of Christopher Reeve, who donated his life earning to help the cure of paralysis (figure out why!!).
gotta love him
dude
Your missing the point.
People give to cause that affects or has affected them. Great Ormond St relies a lot on donations and most come from those who have had need of the hospital.
People can't donate to every single charity out there or feel sympathetic to all of them so choose ones that mean something to them.
It's his money and his choice and a good one.
The fact you started your comment with "that means SHIT to me" shows why you don't or can't get it.
I'm guess your the type of person thats doesn't care one bit for other peoples beliefs or causes yet would be the first to cry when you feel that someone doesn't care one iota about your beliefs or choices.
He is the best and hottest actor of my lifetime.
Probably of several lifetimes.
That said, the bit about him reading to children as Cap'n Jack makes him 10 times hotter.
Besides this, he gives lots to charities anonymously, which is why he doesn't appear on the "top donators" lists the way many celeb publicity hounds do. And you know he would have had to pay cash for little Lily's hospital bills in renal - can you imagine the astronomical cost of that? The Sweeney Todd producers also thanked the GOSH staff and MDs at the end of the movie's credits.
Yes he does give a lot to charities, he's very talented, handsome, and generous, he is truly is the greatest.
Like I've said before he is my man crush.
One of the many reasons I have loved this man for 20 years.
:-)
not in the uk.
GOSH has a charity section for extra funding on top of NHS funding, but the treatment is free. Especially in an emergency situation like what he went through.
If you try to scam the NHS then a foreigner would have to pay like the woman from America in the 80's that flew over to have her baby delivered free. The NHS found out and as she got on the plane back slapped her with a bill for the cost. But thats rare.
Just read from a british website it's £1millon not $2million. The dollar is so weak.
He had to have the Capt Jack outfit flown over from LA
Disney are also gonna donate £10million to the hospital.
oh, so cool guy! It was said he just enjoyed hot dating with a black girl on multiraciallove.com/ so many fans show so much interesting to the hot pics and videos there. Nice to enjoy more details about it..
Johnny Depp is one awesome dude