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Celine, Elton sing for charity
21/02/2006 11:48 - (SA)
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Celine Dion performs at Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas to raise funds for the hurricane-affected employees of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. (Jae C Hong, AP)
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Las Vegas - Celine Dion and Elton John sang together for the first time on Monday night at a benefit to raise money for Harrah's Entertainment Inc workers affected by last year's hurricanes.
The pair, who sang duets of Sorry and Saturday Night before a packed Colosseum at Caesars Palace, also were joined by Jerry Seinfeld to raise $2.1m for about 8 000 casino workers in the Gulf Coast region.
The money came on top of $4.5m the world's largest casino operator already had collected for its staff, said Harrah's CEO Gary Loveman.
"I've played in Biloxi many times," John said. "I'm just glad we can do a little something for those people's lives that will never be the same again for many, many years. God bless them."
About 4 100 people paid $100 to $1 000 each to watch the trio take turns on the stage.
- AP
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