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Jack Black makes fan's day with School of Rock song at hospice event

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Updated 11:19 24 Oct 2022 GMT+1Published 11:17 24 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Jack Black makes fan's day with School of Rock song at hospice event

The actor and singer serenaded him with a special rendition of the song in a heartwarming moment

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

Jack Black made a fan's day at a hospice fundraising event, where he performed a special rendition of a School of Rock song.

The actor and singer was at the Providence TrinityKids Care Foundation's annual 'Layla Paige and Friends Walk for TrinityKids Care' event on 8 October when he met fan Abraham.

The 15-year-old has a rare mitochondrial disease called Pearson syndrome, according to Entertainment Weekly, and he told Black his favourite song from School of Rock is 'Legend of the Rent'.

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The rest is history.

Watch the heart-warming moment here:

In the video, 53-year-old Black can be seen singing the track from the much-loved 2003 film in his distinctive style, with Abraham intermittently chiming in with a line or two.

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The touching footage has gone viral and has been viewed millions of times, with fans heaping praise on Black.

One person commented: "I would just like to point out I've seen a ton of Jack Black videos, he has a great voice control.

"I've never seen him get that red in the face from singing. It's cause it wasn't, that man was hiding behind those glasses crying like the rest of us. Beautiful."

Another said: "Jack Black is probably the most humble celebrity out there, in my opinion.

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"There's an awesome video of him driving around and giving random kids new skateboard decks for doing a kick flip. He strikes me as a regular guy that doesn't care much about the fame."

A third added: "I'm pretty sure the kid just made Jack Black's day too."

Abraham's mum, Veronica, confirmed that her boy had been on cloud nine since the interaction.

Black performed a song from the movie for Abraham.
AJ Pics / Alamy Stock Photo

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"It's almost been a week since the meet and Abraham is still talking about how he got to meet Jack," she previously told Upworthy.

On TikTok, she thanked people across the world for the love they'd shown her son.

She said: "Thank you to everyone who has liked our video, and shared, and commented. It wouldn't have been possible without Mr Jack Black.

"A little bit about Abraham: he is in palliative care with Trinity Care, and they're the ones who invited us to this event, and we went, and we were able to make one of Abraham's dreams come true."

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Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@veronicazavala584

Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Viral

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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