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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCarol Burnett Still Doesn't Know Who Mailed Her the Money to Pay for College - The Howard Stern Show
When Carol Burnett couldnt afford to go to college she was anonymously sent the tuition. She tells Howard about the times shes been secretly helped in show business during her 2015 interview.
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Carol Burnett Still Doesn't Know Who Mailed Her the Money to Pay for College - The Howard Stern Show (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Jul 2021
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Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)1. What a gift!
... not the money, but the anonymity. Carol's gone through life thinking it could be anyone... maybe that's why she's so nice to everyone.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)2. It was me. If she'd like to send me a token of her appreciation ...
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)3. The world is full of wonderful people
Upthevibe
(8,038 posts)4. Wow! I'd never heard that part of her story....
I knew that someone was so impressed with her when he saw her at that party that he gave her the money to go to New York for a writing job at a radio show or maybe a T.V. show and I knew he wanted to remain unknown and for her to pay it forward.
What a great post! Thank you..