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DrJGH t1_j54b5nm wrote

“The heartbreaks Childress had endured made his philanthropy that much more meaningful to his daughter. He had lost his son, Butch, in 1973. He had also lost his first wife, Peggy, whom he would carry into the stands at local football games because she had multiple sclerosis,” it says here.

This is a remarkable story. Inspiring legacy.

Kudos, and RIP, Mr Childress

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tegs_terry t1_j54xai2 wrote

Love stuff like this, but when it's someone doing their government's job for them, it does annoy me.

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Dr_Edge_ATX t1_j55kn9f wrote

Yeah and the people in Alabama will vote Republican still and lose medicare and call the idea of universal healthcare evil socialism.

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tegs_terry t1_j55s694 wrote

Ahh yes, the "S" word, God forbid!

United you stand, but fall over and you're on your own.

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lodelljax t1_j54ucc2 wrote

Imagine if there was sort of a plan, you know everyone contributed according to their income, that paid all your pharmacy bills? Wouldn’t,that be cool?

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Aalnius t1_j54we47 wrote

Or or hear me out we could instead get you to contribute that bit of your income and then spend it on guns. Guns fix all problems so clearly this is the best solution.

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elton_john_lennon t1_j54xggv wrote

Only if those guns shoot vitamin C

;D xD

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paracog t1_j54nkji wrote

And that, folks, is how it is done. The spiritual juice he got from that no doubt helped him deal with all the other challenges in his life.

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Strappedkaos t1_j58p2a8 wrote

Your comment is likely the actual reason he did it, all the comments about it's the government or republicans fault. Guy didn't give a shit about the government or likely much outside the town, he was doing good to fill a void and to be a good human.

It's not the governments fault or republicans, it's the fact people would rather blame it on them instead of becoming like this man and being the change.

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JerrodDRagon t1_j555ea4 wrote

What a wonderful human being

Our government sucks and needs huge reforms in its structure

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CDNJMac82 t1_j56xe7i wrote

This doesn't belong here. Although a nice gesture, this is completely dystopic. It's horrible that Healthcare is going the way of crowdfunding.

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DigitalSteven1 t1_j56cqm4 wrote

I wouldn't call this uplifting. I'd call it sad that some anonymous donor needs to pay your bill and you may or may not be chosen. Dependency is not good.

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T0WERM0NKEY t1_j578i1x wrote

There's the end of this headline?

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Strappedkaos t1_j58pmhi wrote

Most of the commentary are clueless and missing the entire message! Instead of blaming the government or republicans, do what this man did. He literally showed you all how to fix the problem and not rely on a government entity to do it for you, regardless if the government is doing a good job republican or not. We the people, for the people. If everyone that bitched about someone not doing something decided to do something like this man the country would be a better place.

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[deleted] t1_j5k540t wrote

Awwwwww 😭😭😭

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porknwings t1_j563ql7 wrote

Who will pay mine?

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