Oprah--queen of the charitable celebs.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As if there was any other spot but the top one for mega-celebrity and activist Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. . The queen of gab led the way in the recently released Giving Back 30 list of the largest charitable donations by celebrities in 2006, having donated more than $58 million to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, Oprah's Angel Network and other nonprofit groups. Rounding out the top five are: * The estate of the late fashion designer Geoffrey Beene Geoffrey Beene (August 30 1924 – September 28 2004) was an American fashion designer. Beene was born in Haynesville, Louisiana. He studied medicine at Tulane University, but dropped out in 1946, after three years. ($44 million bequest to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets, with other locations in New in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ); * The estate of actor Jack Lord and his wife Marie ($40 million bequest to Hawaii Community Foundation); * Singer/actress Barbra Streisand Noun 1. Barbra Streisand - United States singer and actress (born in 1942) Barbra Joan Streisand, Streisand ($11.75 million to various charities); and, * Golf phenom Tiger Woods, who donated more than $9 million to various programs of his namesake foundation. The list was compiled by the Los Angeles-based The Giving Back Fund, and is based on various sources, including media reports of charitable giving by sports and entertainment professionals and information from more than 150 charities known for their star affiliations. Coming in a surprisingly low 11th place were uber-activists Angelina Jolle and Brad Pitt, with a combined $2.4 million. Filling the 30th slot was actress Elizabeth Taylor at $500,000 to the New Orleans AIDS Task Force. See the complete list at www.givingback.org |
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