"The psychological benefit of putting teenagers with teenagers rather than 4-year-old children or geriatrics is enormous," Daltrey told the NewsHour. "One of the patients that I'm friends with is recovering from a brain tumor at the age of 15, and he was greeted by clowns with ukuleles and spoons, and a screaming 4-year-old in the next room. That's not very conducive to healing."
Between gigs for the past quarter-century, Daltrey has been helping Britain's Teenage Cancer Trust raise funds and awareness for more than 20 teen cancer centers, mostly in the UK. It's his way of repaying the demographic...
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