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Sir Elton John and long-time friend Billie Jean King will hosted the 15th annual Advanta World TeamTennis Smash Hits, a special night of tennis featuring Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport and Anna Kournikova. The event returned to the Philadelphia area for one night only at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10 at the Pavilion at Villanova University in Villanova, PA. EJAF and ActionAIDS, a Philadelphia based AIDS service organization, were beneficiaries.
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BEVERLY HILLS, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sir Elton John hosted the Seventh Annual Oscar Night Party to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation on Sunday, March 21st. Completely sponsored by InStyle magazine, the event raised more than $300,000 for the charity.
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On November 12, 2006, in the Observer's Music Monthly "When Elton Met Jake" [17] John spoke in an interview with openly gay Scissor Sisters band member, Jake Shears as they talked about being gay music stars and other matters. Prior to that, he has ... criticized the Roman Catholic Church's position on condoms whom he had blamed for the death of some of his friends who suffered from HIV/AIDS.
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AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Elton John AIDS Foundation, iMetrikus, Inc., John M. Lloyd Foundation, the National Library of Medicine, and donations from users like you. Always watch for outdated information. This article first appeared in 1998. This material is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.
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Since the release of his first album in 1969, John has sold more than 200 million records and had 35 gold and 25 platinum albums. In 1992 he formed the Elton John AIDS Foundation, an international non-profit organization funding prevention education programs and patient-care services around the world. To honor his charitable work and to salute his artistic accomplishments, John was knighted by the Queen of England in 1998.
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In 1992 he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, intending to direct 90 percent of the funds it raised to direct care, and 10 percent to AIDS prevention education. He ... announced his intention to donate all future royalties from sales of his singles in the U.S. and UK to AIDS research. That year, he released the U.S. number 8 album The One, his highest-charting release since 1976's Blue Moves, and John and Taupin signed a music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music for an estimated $39 million over 12 years, giving them the largest cash advance in music publishing history. John performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Show Must Go On" with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, an AIDS charity event held at Wembley Stadium, London in honour of Queen's late front man Freddie Mercury. "Bohemian Rhapsody" featured a duet with Axl Rose, a reconciliatory gesture given Rose's previous homophobic reputation.
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