Editing Truth or Consequences (section)

=="Jimmy" episode==
On May 22, 1948, ''Truth or Consequences'' broadcast live from the newly founded [[Dana–Farber Cancer Institute]], and surprised 12-year-old cancer patient [[Einar Gustafson]] by having members of the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] visit the boy in his room. Gustafson was referred to only as "Jimmy" to protect his identity. (Not only did Gustafson's cancer go into remission, but the [[1948 Boston Braves season|Braves]] won the National League pennant, their last before moving to Milwaukee in 1953.) The broadcast launched [[The Jimmy Fund]] and its long-standing relationship with the [[Boston Red Sox]] as their official charity beginning in 1953. (After many years in seclusion—leading to speculation that "Jimmy" had died—Gustafson re-emerged in the 1990s and was made honorary chairman of the Jimmy Fund in 1998. He died in 2001, aged 65.)<ref name=NYTIMES>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/24/sports/einar-gustafson-65-jimmy-of-child-cancer-fund-dies.html |title=Einar Gustafson, 65, 'Jimmy' of Child Cancer Fund, Dies |last=Martin |first=Douglas|date=January 24, 2021 |website=www.nytimes.com |publisher= |access-date=July 15, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>