Chicago Sun-Times

HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

ELTON JOHN

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An emotional Elton John celebrated the 25th anniversar­y of his AIDS foundation with a gala in New York City on Tuesday, raising about $ 4.4 million and telling the audience that they would help end the epidemic by 2030. John grew teary onstage after Jeanne White — the mother of Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who became a symbol of HIV awareness in the 1980s — spoke passionate­ly about how John visited her son while he was sick and helped her family financiall­y.

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