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The stars' cover of the 1965 Jackie DeShannon hit "What the
World Needs Now is Love" will be available for download for
$1.99. All proceeds will go to benefit the LGBT Center of
Central Florida.
Singer Sara Bareilles and "Sex and the City" actress Sarah
Jessica Parker will also perform in honor of the 49 people
killed by gunman Omar Mateen at the Pulse night club Sunday.
SiriusXM Radio host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer
James Wesley, organized the benefit, hoping to replicate the
success of the multi-starred 1980s hit "We are the World," which
was written to benefit victims of African famine.
"We started making calls, and suddenly we had tons of theater
actors along with an orchestra and the services of a fully
staffed recording studio, all willing to donate their time and
talent," Rudetsky said.
(Reporting by Melissa Fares; Editing by Bill Rigby)
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