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Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - BITENY - 10-09-2003
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Barry Manilow Helps Brooklyn Fire Victims
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Oct 9, 2003 4:00 pm US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Barry Manilow has donated $25,000 to help families who were displaced by a fire a day before the high holy day of Yom Kippur in the Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up.
The singer made the donation to a fund that will be administered by the American Red Cross, his publicist and the Red Cross confirmed Thursday.
Manilow, who was born Barry Alan Pincus, donated the money after "he read the headlines in the newspaper about the fire on a street a block from where he lived," said his publicist, Jerry Sharell. "He wanted to help the victims who were left homeless recover."
No civilians were injured in the Saturday night blaze in Williamsburg, which damaged three buildings and a synagogue. Many of the displaced families are Orthodox Jews.
Leslie Gottlieb, a Red Cross spokeswoman, said the money will be used for immediate emergency needs, such as food, medicine, clothing and shelter. As of Thursday, she said, the agency had registered 103 people who needed assistance. She said that number likely would go up.
"We are grateful," Rabbi David Niederman, executive director of the United Jewish Organizations, told the New York Post. "It's wonderful that people remember their roots."
The 57-year-old entertainer, know for such ballads as "Looks Like We Made It" and "Mandy," now lives in Palm Springs, Calif. His latest release is "Manilow Sings Sinatra."
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - The Brain - 10-09-2003
I'm just upset at this:
Quote:His latest release is \"Manilow Sings Sinatra.\"No way can you sing like Ol' Blue Eyes, Barry! Don't screw this up!
hakes fist threateningly.:
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - JimmyBlueEyes - 10-09-2003
How is this visual??
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - The Brain - 10-09-2003
Quote:Originally posted by JimmyBlueEyesPicture Barry in firefighter gear, serenading you.
How is this visual??
Actually, given that Manilow is, in fact, primarily a <i>musician</i>, it should be in the Music Forum...
off you go, then.
* Just for point of reference, the word "musician" should be italicized... I think this Forum is haunted.
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - Hawt Baux - 10-09-2003
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Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - BITENY - 10-10-2003
Quote:Originally posted by Hawt Baux
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Nooooooooooooooooo! :kiss:
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - JimmyBlueEyes - 10-10-2003
I dunno Brain, the idea of Barry in full turnouts, jumping off of Engine 216(Williamsburg Engine company) lugging a hoseline into a blazing inferno while crooning Summer Wind, just doesn't strike my fancy.
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - BARRY MANILOW - 10-13-2003
See that...
You try and give something back to the community and look at the flack ya get.
I was actually just trying to stir up some press for my new album. Since the last press I got was for walking into a wall in my house and breaking the ol' snozz.
1) I do Ol' Blue Eyes proud on the album, Brain!
2) I look damn good in my fireman's helmet, boots and holding my hose, Jimmy!
Hey Barry- I didn\'t know you had this kind of money! - JimmyBlueEyes - 10-13-2003
Thank you for the laugh...imagine what he woul have said if he came in on a ladder truck and was holding his pike pole...