Queen Of Daytime Tops Most Generous Celebs List
Oprah Winfrey has landed on top of a new survey to find the most generous celebrity philanthropists in 2006.
The Giving Back Fund, an L.A.-based group set up to encourage and advise on celebrity philanthropy, said the 53-year-old Winfrey gave $58,3-million to her charities and other groups.
Second on the fund's annual "Giving Back 30 list" was late fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, who left $44-million to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. The list was published on the Giving Back Fund's website.
Other celebs to make the list included Barbra Streisand, who placed fourth after donating just under $12-million to the foundation which carries her name as well various civil liberties and environmental groups. World No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods was fifth after giving $9,5-million to several charities he sponsors. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart was seventh following a $5-million donation to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Hollywood's golden couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were 11th with $2.4-million in donations.
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