THEGAYUK has learned that the late Joan Rivers has willed part of her reported $150 million fortune to God’s Love We Deliver, a charity that delivers meals to people living with AIDS.
The comedian who died a short time after a medical procedure in New York in September, at the age of 81, has left parts of her estate to a number of charities including: Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Jewish Guild for the Blind, the Simon Wisenthal Centre, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Jewish Home and Hospital Foundation
God’s Love We Deliver delivers over 4600 nutritious meals every day to people living with AIDS and other illnesses across New York and New Jersey, with the help of 8000 volunteers, who help prepare and deliver the meals ever year.
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Rivers was a supporter of gay rights and won herself a legion of gay fans across the globe.