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"Billy Crystal has helped raise $1 million for a town hard hit by Superstorm Sandy. The Parental Guidance actor presented the cheque in Long Beach, NY on Saturday (June 22) in front of residents affected by the storm, reports Newsday.  Crystal&amp;#039;s family is personally donating $112,000, and the remaining $888,000 was raised during his and Muhammad Ali&amp;#039;s Celebrity Fight Night benefit in March. The money will help fund a $44 million project to rebuild the local boardwalk. Crystal&amp;#039;s donation is the latest in a string of fundraising efforts to help the East Coast of the US recover from last autumn&amp;#039;s severe storm. Sir Paul McCartney staged the &amp;#039;12-12-12&amp;#039; benefit concert in December, which earned an estimated $30 million in ticket sales alone. MTV&amp;#039;s Restore the Shore telethon - which reunited the cast of Jersey Shore - also raised more than $1 million for relief efforts. Watch a trailer for Parental Guidance below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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