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Comic Relief

charitable organization
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  • Billy Crystal
    Billy Crystal

    …year he also cohosted the Comic Relief comedy fund-raiser with Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg. The trio would go on to host some 10 televised Comic Relief events over two decades.

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    …year he also cohosted the Comic Relief comedy fund-raiser with Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg. The trio would go on to host some 10 televised Comic Relief events over two decades.

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  • Lenny Henry
    Lenny Henry

    In 1988 Henry began hosting Comic Relief’s annual telethon (which, like its American counterpart, featured comedians performing to raise money for charity), and he soon became one of the most public faces of that organization’s annual fund-raising Red Nose Day. In 2009 Henry made his stage debut in the lead…

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    In 1988 Henry began hosting Comic Relief’s annual telethon (which, like its American counterpart, featured comedians performing to raise money for charity), and he soon became one of the most public faces of that organization’s annual fund-raising Red Nose Day. In 2009 Henry made his stage debut in the lead…

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