![]() Thomas had only $10 and he needed $50 to pay to get his newborn daughter and wife out of the hospital. Jude, the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes. It was when he went to church to pray after her birth, his first child, that there was a sermon about St. This was while growing up in Toledo, Ohio with his whole family.ĭanny Thomas’ daughter Marlo wrote an article for the Huffington Post in 2017 about her dad and his fateful meeting with St. ![]() His parents were Maronite Christians which is a sect within the Catholic religion and Thomas attended the St. Danny was actually born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, but changed his name to Amos Jacobs and then Danny Tomas. Thomas was the son of Lebanese migrants to the United States who had a total of ten children. He was working as a nightclub entertainer and had only managed to land some minor roles on radio. Jobs came few and far between and his desired success was looking out of reach. Danny Thomas’ Dreamīefore Danny Thomas became a successful star of the 1950s he was just a struggling artist trying to support his family. Scroll down to read more about Danny Thomas’ motivation for the children’s hospital, its historical successes, and what it has evolved into. Today the hospital treats children in the United States for free. He felt no child should die at the beginning of life. Jude because he vowed to open a shrine to St. ![]() It’s found, Danny Thomas, had a big heart and loved kids.ĭanny Thomas started St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital had to be one of the biggest gifts a celebrity has ever given back to the world. ![]()
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