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

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'.

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.

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.

"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.

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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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Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Viral

Jake Massey

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