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Sir Jim’s earnings were substantial and he owned at least eight homes, including flats in Regent’s Park, Bournemouth, Leeds and Scarborough. Among his six cars were a Bentley Turbo, a Mercedes 500 SL and a flashy Rolls-Royce.
He was a paid consultant to travel agent Thomas Cook and charged a minimum of £10,000 for personal appearances. His British Rail “Age of the train” advertisements in 1984 brought in around £500,000.
But Sir Jimmy gave away nine-tenths of his income to two charitable trusts and in the later part of his career, he became more famous for his charity fund-raising and work as a voluntary helper at Stoke Mandeville, Leeds Infirmary and Broadmoor.
I didn't like him in his DJ role, but he more than made up for it with Jim’ll Fix It and his charity work. He raised more than £30 million for charity, £12 million of which for Stoke Mandeville.
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