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The value of film personalities in morale-building and fund-raising was first exploited by the Roosevelt White House which used Hollywood to rally the rest of the nation around a war.

In all the years following, Hollywood has continued to stomp for funds and sympaty for victims of hunger, abuse and illness.

All the big charities – cancer, heart, lung, multiple sclerosis and retinis picmentosa- boast their own passionate celebrity crusaders eager to help rid the world of disease.

Comedian George Gobel once quipped that by the time he became a star all the good diseases were taken.