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Telethon raises $39 million
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The 22nd annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised a record $39,021,723 yesterday, and workers tossed confetti as the entertainer declared the effort a good day for mankind.
"As corny as it may sound, my God, what a good day for mankind," Lewis told a national audience.
The show surpassed last year's record of $34,966,773 by almost $5 million. A long list of corporate sponsors presented Lewis with an additional $34,306,197 in pledges above the $39 million raised in the
United States and Canada.
Celebrities sang and danced through the 21½-hour event, and muscular dystrophy victims and their family members made poignant pleas for funds to help fight 12 different diseases and 24 neuromuscular disorders targeted by the New York-based Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Donations soared past last year's record in the 20th hour of the telethon, bringing cheers from a crowd jammed into a sports pavilion at Caesars Palace where the telethon was produced.
Spectators stood in line for hours in the hot desert sun or throughout the night waiting to spend an hour watching the telonem.
ing the collection.
One of the most touching moments came when Bob Sampson, former vice president of United Airlines, told of his long battle against the crippling disease.
piling disease.
"These lungs are going fast," the wheelchair-bound Sampson said in an emotional speech. "You don't die of muscular dystrophy, you die of pneumonia, or something else. If not, ultimately you will die of strangulation.
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