Johnny Depp makes $2 million donation to hospital
In an impressive show of gratitude, actor Johnny Depp donated $2 million to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London yesterday. The 44-year-old actor gave the gift as thanks for the treatment his daughter Lily-Rose, 8 ½, received at the facility last March after contracting an E. Coli infection that caused kidney failure.
The donation is just the latest gesture of appreciation by Johnny, who in late November showed up at the hospital unannounced to read stories to sick children while dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, his character from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. According to the Daily Mail, Johnny had his costume shipped from the United States to England just for the occasion. And just last week, the newspaper reports, Johnny invited several members of the Great Ormond staff to the London premiere party for his new film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
In addition to Lily-Rose, Johnny and longtime partner Vanessa Paradis have a son, Jack, 5 ½.
Source: Daily Mail
- Posted on Jan 15, 08 at 2:38PM
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January 15th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I love him. Can he be any nicer or more perfect? What nice gestures to show his appreciation.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Now that is what I call appreciation! What a fantastic father figure that must make him to his children who most likely already adore him.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Gosh, I could not love him more! What a sweet, wonderful person.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’ve always liked him…now I like him more.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Aww! He is so generous. I esp. love that he dressed up as Jack Sparrow to read to the kids. Great actor, great looks, and great heart; can’t get much better than that!
January 15th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
The perfect man….
January 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
id appreciate him turning up dressed as Captain Jack and im 21 and perfectly healthy. I can only imagine the joy it brought to those young children who are stuck in hospital.
is $2 million roughly £1 million or have i done my conversions wrong??
January 15th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
And here I thought I couldn’t love him any more than I already did…
January 15th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
What a great guy! Nice to hear a sick child story where the hospital does a great job (instead of injuring the kids like the Quaids’ hospital).
I love hearing stories like this – Johnny is such a class act.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:45 am
wow…great person, I’ve always loved him as an actor, now I like him even more, he seams to be a fantastic and loving fahther with a big big heart.
So nice of him to dress like Jack Sparrow an read stories to the children…
As somebody said before…The perfect man
January 16th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Having had a child in Great Ormond Street this brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful gesture. He has always been my favourite actor too
January 16th, 2008 at 10:40 am
what an amazing guy!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Johnny is so special and unique, one of the best souls living in our world.He has a heart and mind so hard to find nowadays. I think he would give everything for his family. Johnny was always my favorite, but not just actor and artist, but also the greatest guy, I can imagine. GOD bless, wishing him all the joy in this world and that he never has to face such
dark hours again as during Lily-Rose’s sickness.
January 16th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
VERY talented actor, with a wondrful and gererous heart.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Johnny Depp is a wonderful actor and I have enjoyed all of his movies over the years. From what I have read about him in his personal life I think he is a wonerful person as well. It is so nice that that he has such a big heart to go into a hospital dressed as Jack Sparrow to read to the children. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall to see those childrens faces as Jack Sparrow read to them. I even like it better that it was Johnny Depp who took it upon himself to do this for the children and his donation to the hospital was wonderful too! May life be a bed of roses for him and his family. I’m glad that he has a heart underneath his star as most movie stars don’t as they are to wrapped up in themselves to see that there is more life out there than their own.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
more reasons to love johnny
May 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
What a guy! I get an all over warm & fuzzy feeling just thinking about him. He’s the best!
May 13th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
That just to show that he’s not greedy with his money.He should get “Father Of The Year Award”.When comes to his Birthday he should get “Captiol One Card”.He such a loveable and caring person and He’s Simely The Best than all of the rest.Love you Johnny.