Rich countries have been easing the terms and lengthening the maturities on past loans to the poor since the 1980s, when Bono was still rattling and humming.

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Michael Jackson is showcased in the examples of famous people who have lost millions of dollars because of poor Estate Tax planning, along with Sonny Bono, Heath Ledger, Princess Diana, and Marilyn Monroe.

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The Irish rock band's lead singer, Bono, has become the frontman for a worldwide campaign to cancel the debts of poor countries.

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However, they are aware that many of their treatments are still beyond the reach of Kenya's poor and so they have created a charitable arm to the company that provides "pro-bono treatments for patients in desperate need" and runs eye tests in the slum areas of the capital, Nairobi.

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The debt-relief measure, championed by the White House, charity groups and religious and cultural figures from Pope John Paul II to singer Bono of the rock band U2, allows the United States to pay its share under the global Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative to forgive the debts of some 30 Third World countries.

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