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You know what woulda been even better? If Daddy'd/lowlife a put a gag order on his PR people.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed.
The Cleveland Cavaliers player was touched by the stories he saw and got in touch with the family to see what he could do to help, a spokeswoman for O'Neal said Thursday.
More than 2,000 people attended the girl's funeral Sunday. Her body was found Nov. 16 beside a rural road.
Her mother, Antionette Davis, who had reported the child missing six days earlier, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving pros ution. Mario McNeill is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in the case.
"I was sitting at home watching it on the news and the story brought a tear to my eye," O'Neal told The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
Corey Breece, of Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, which handled the service, declined to tell the Fayetteville Observer newspaper how much it cost but added that a child's funeral "averages around $4,500."
A man who answered the phone at the funeral home Thursday told the AP that only the owner could comment and that he was away.
Shaniya Davis' father, Bradley Lockhart, and his family had set up a trust fund in memory of Shaniya to help raise money to pay for the funeral. Lockhart was not available to talk Thursday, said a man who answered the phone at his home.
O'Neal is recovering from a shoulder injury that has sidelined him for six straight games since getting hurt Nov. 12 against Miami.
The article was in Fox sports and nobody mentioned here yet. What do you all think?
You know what woulda been even better? If Daddy'd/lowlife a put a gag order on his PR people.
hold off on the money your wife wants all of it
I think Shaq has done this, at least, once before.
It's very kind of him. This little girl deserved a decent burial.
$4,500 .... that's it?
Shaq has made over 9234892348 million in his career?
i am shocked he doesn't do this more. 4,500 is pennies to him.
what the ? at least he did something when he didn't have to at all... are people on the internet that hard up to bust someone's balls just because they have a bunch of money and don't throw an extravagant funeral for someone they aren't blood with?
get over yourself !
Good for Shaq. It was a nice thing to do.
Yeah, he did it for George Mikan, I believe. It was a nice gesture. Shaq had no obligation and no reason to do it other than he wanted to do something for the young girl because the story touched him.
Shaq has a lot of negative things about him, both on and off the court, but this was a genuinely nice gesture by him.
Warren Buffet donated 37 billion to charity to help other people in need around the world.
Bill Gates ha donated over 20 billion to charities to help everyone around the world. Heck, on November 19 of this month, just a few days ago, he gave 90 million dollars to Memphis schools.
ok?
Shaq has made around 200-300 million in his career.
You are bringing up a funeral that cost him 4,500 and the George Mikan crap that cost him another chump change.
Get real, chumpy. If I was as rich as them, I would be donating a of a lot more than that. The story 'moved' him, and all he could cough up is 4,500? LOL. Why doesn't he drop 20 grand and have a gorgeous mausoleum statue thing built for her in the grave to remember her?
Shaq is selfish and he makes sure the media finds out about stuff like this. It is very easy to donate money ANONYMOUSLY. He does it for propaganda. Shaq.
he's one the reasons why you guys have a ring, so i don't see how y'all can hate him in miami.
he didn't do much, but his presence changed the games.
good for shaq.
lol get the outta here...get over yourself.
Some es are never satisfied.
Wow, you're acting like Shaq improperly re-heated a pizza or something
you guys are sad
suck shaq's selfish because he drops 4,500 lol!! the guy has millions. sad
haha, jokes on you sucker
Nice! Very kind gesture by Shaq!
It's a nice gesture, but I've always been more impressed when such things are done in silence (our side of publicists or interviews) with the focus being that the family dealing with the tragedy does not have to worry about expenses, and not where the money is coming from.
No one's going to argue Shaq did this for a tax reduction, but a simple "no comment" would have set a great standard. And if he was gonna open his mouth to newspapers or publicists, let it be to announce that he established a foundation that pays for the funerals of abducted children that are killed.
Not surprising, Shaq is a of a guy.
Well, he could also choose to do nothing. But he did. So STFU. You would probably not even give a dollar to someone.
I think its a nice gesture. Shaq is a great guy
Shaq goes out of his way to make people feel good. Shaq is a great person.
My guess is you were the guy who bought the 4 year old from the mother.
That's just the Kobe ringin'/sans Daddy talkin'. & daddy-O, yer just gonna have to get over it. It's gone. Poof!
tee, hee.
Don't be a . That was a very young life that was taken. Children are the most innocent and purest thing in this messed up world.
Why would I be mad at you about Kobe winning a championship? It's not like you had anything to do with it. My comment was about you being a child molester.
Perhaps, but, methinks you doth protest too much.
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