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Elton John receives award for AIDS work
November 18, 1997
Web posted at: 5:20 p.m. EST (2220 GMT)ATLANTA (Reuters) -- Elton John, whose recent compact disc honoring the late Princess Diana has topped pop music charts worldwide, was honored Monday by the CARE relief agency for the work of his AIDS foundation.
CARE awarded the singer its Oliver Kiss International Humanitarian Award at a $500-a-plate dinner for more than 300 guests.
John told the audience, "When the Princess of Wales was so tragically killed in Paris, I went back to Britain for the funeral and the outpouring of love was overwhelming. Sometimes we don't show that love, especially the British."
The CARE agency, which got its start feeding the hungry after World War II, served wild mushroom and duck soup, salmon roulade, basil mashed potatoes, and white chocolate mousse.
CARE currently is involved in work among AIDS sufferers in 10 nations including Thailand, where the Elton John Aids Foundation contributed to CARE's Living with Aids program.
John started the foundation after American teen-ager Ryan White, whom he had befriended, died from AIDS. John said it was designed to reach AIDS sufferers in the United States and Britain, and in 1998 will also fund programs in Thailand, Lesotho and Niger.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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