The Patient Care Centre on the campus of St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Photo: stjude.org
St Jude Children's Research Hospital founder Danny Thomas stands outside the world-renowned paediatric cancer facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo: arabamericanmuseum.org
Danny Thomas stands next to a statue of St Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of hopeless causes in Catholicism
Danny Thomas and Loretta Young hold their "Emmy" Awards at the Moulin Rouge restaurant in Hollywood after they were honored at the Seventh Annual Awards Dinner of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Thomas was named "Best Actor starring in a regular series" Make Room for Daddy, and Miss Young won the "Best Actress" award in the same category The Loretta Young Show. (Photo by Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)
Elvis Presley (right) turns over the papers for the SS Potomac, former presidential yacht of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt, to Thomas. Photo: Bettmann Archive
Thomas with Betty Dawood of Detroit at an early Alsac convention, circa early 1960s. Photo: Photo: Megan Phelps/St Jude Childrens Research Hospital-ALSAC
Singer Josh Groban (centre) at St Jude Children's Research Hospital Shower of Stars 40th Anniversary - Hospital Tour on April 26, 2003. Getty Images
The Danny Thomas/Alsac Pavilion. Photo: stjude.org
The Patient Care Centre on the campus of St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Photo: stjude.org
St Jude Children's Research Hospital founder Danny Thomas stands outside the world-renowned paediatric cancer facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo: arabamericanmuseum.org
Danny Thomas stands next to a statue of St Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of hopeless causes in Catholicism
Danny Thomas and Loretta Young hold their "Emmy" Awards at the Moulin Rouge restaurant in Hollywood after they were honored at the Seventh Annual Awards Dinner of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Thomas was named "Best Actor starring in a regular series" Make Room for Daddy, and Miss Young won the "Best Actress" award in the same category The Loretta Young Show. (Photo by Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)
Elvis Presley (right) turns over the papers for the SS Potomac, former presidential yacht of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt, to Thomas. Photo: Bettmann Archive
Thomas with Betty Dawood of Detroit at an early Alsac convention, circa early 1960s. Photo: Photo: Megan Phelps/St Jude Childrens Research Hospital-ALSAC
Singer Josh Groban (centre) at St Jude Children's Research Hospital Shower of Stars 40th Anniversary - Hospital Tour on April 26, 2003. Getty Images
The Danny Thomas/Alsac Pavilion. Photo: stjude.org
The Patient Care Centre on the campus of St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Photo: stjude.org
How St Jude Children's Research Hospital began with an Arab American's prayer
'Show me my way in life and I will build you a shrine,' actor Danny Thomas prayed to St Jude Thaddeus in a plea that led to the paediatric cancer hospital's establishment