It’s amazing how some people keep their kindness and generous spirit hidden from the public eye. This was the case with film actor and comedian Bill Murray. In 1979, Bill Murray’s comedy partner from the improv days, Danny, had a psychotic break on stage. Danny’s family abandoned him, friends disappeared and his career ended overnight. Bill Murray visited Danny for 35 years every single week while he was in psychiatric hospitals. Yet Danny didn’t always recognize Bill Murray who would sit next to him in silence, often for hours. In 2014, Danny died, never recovering. At the funeral, Danny’s doctor revealed that Bill had been paying for Danny’s private care all 35 years....a total of $2.1 million. Bill’s only comment was ‘He made me funny. I owed him sanity.’ Then Bill Murray disappeared from the funeral before anyone could thank him. It is so true that your true best friends are those who stay with you, when everyone else has left you.
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