JK Rowling Donates 10 Million Pounds to MS Charity

JK Rowling’s mother died at the young age of 45 due to complications related to MS. This compelled the Harry Potter author to do something to “give something back” to the city of Edinburgh. She funded the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at Edinburgh University. This facility will focus on other degenerative conditions as well, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease. Rowling said, “I have just turned 45, the age at which my mother, Anne, died of complications related to her MS. She also explained why she choose EU, saying that the “clinic was more exciting, more innovate and more likely to unravel the mysteries of MS than any other project she had been asked to fund.”

Alexander McQueen Hanged Himself

Alexander McQueen hanged himself last week in his London apartment — and left a note — British coroners confirmed on Wednesday. The acclaimed fashion designer, beloved by such stars as Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Gwen Stefani and many others, died at age 40 from asphyxiation and hanging.

Full autopsy results will be available in a few months; the office has not yet formally ruled the death a suicide.

The coroner’s office has not released the contents of McQueen’s final note. But McQueen had Tweeted numerous messages days earlier in which he grieved about the recent death of his mother, referencing his “awful week.”

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