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Avicii’s Family Earned His Charity a Massive Payday · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Six years after a viccy ended his own life, his
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Speaker 2: family made a sizeable donation to the charity that carries
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Speaker 2: his own name, which aims to prevent similar tragedies, and
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Speaker 2: the money came by the family letting go of many
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Speaker 2: of the personal belongings and mementos of Eachi cherished a
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Speaker 2: packed auction and his native Stockholm sold off two hundred
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Speaker 2: and sixty seven items, ranging from sneakers to musical instruments
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Speaker 2: to photography. His twenty fifteen telecaster guitar was the biggest sale,
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Speaker 2: taking in twenty three thousand dollars. By the time the
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Speaker 2: last item was sold off, they earned more than seven
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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty thousand dollars, all of which will go
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Speaker 2: to the Tim Bergling Foundation, which promotes mental health awareness
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Speaker 2: and suicide prevention in youth. Many of the winning bids
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Speaker 2: were made by diehard fans who had never taken part
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Speaker 2: in an auction but didn't want to miss an opportunity
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Speaker 2: to own some of his things. For more on of
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Speaker 2: Vicci's charity, visit tim Bergling Foundation dot org.
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