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Samuel Johnson announces heartwarming news

Almost two years after his sisters tragic passing.
  • 28 Aug 2019

Actor Samuel Johnson has revealed that he has reached the target of raising $10 million for his charity, Love Your Sister.

Almost two years after his sister, Connie Johnson, sadly passed away from the disease, the 41-year-old continued the Love Your Sister campaign that they began together.


WATCH: Samuel Johnson's charity 'Love Your Sister' hits $10 million 

"First I promised my sister then I promised all of us," Johnson wrote in a social media post.

"It took 7 years. We came good. Thank you. $10m for cancer research banked.

"I'm the proudest brother in the world right now."

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First I promised my sister then I promised all of us. It took 7 years. We came good. Thank you. $10m for cancer research banked. I'm the proudest brother in the world right now. Thanks for showing me how to be. You gave me somewhere to belong. Fuck I love this village. Today I stand tall. Speaking of merch, Grab your #nowisawesome tee, now. Because now is the awesomest. Link in profile.

Recently, Sam shared that Love Your Sister was almost at its goal.

"Day #80, sitting just shy of $9.9M, and I'm exactly where I should be. We stand at the precipice of our collective promise to raise $10M for cancer research, and we're doing it in exactly the manner Connie would have expected. On the ground. Face to face. With all the love," he wrote in a Facebook post.

According to WHO, Sam famously quit acting in order to raise money for Love Your Sister.

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I'm Tassie bound! I'll be touring for 6 weeks. If you wanna chuck a 'Love Your Sister' fundie on, I'd love to attend!!! fundies@loveyoursister.org xsammy @avanaustralia #berwickvolkswagen @big4holidayparks

The siblings devoted themselves to raising money for cancer research after Connie received her terminal diagnosis in 2010.

Before her death in 2017, Sam's sister was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to those with breast cancer.

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