{"id":713,"date":"2009-05-03T19:25:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/david-cooks-brother-announces.html"},"modified":"2009-05-03T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T19:25:23","slug":"david-cooks-brother-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/david-cooks-brother-announces.html","title":{"rendered":"David Cook Announces His Brother&#8217;s Death During 5K Benefit Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(NOTE: My apologies for those of you who got the goofy titled link to this post. I was in a hurry this week doing posts because I had to report for jury duty, and didn&#8217;t go back and re-check what I wrote. When someone pointed it out, I realized it made absolutely no sense! It&#8217;s been fixed and I appreciate your patience with my terrible spellchecking this week! &#8211; Joanne)<\/em><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CN0VUskg3WU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CN0VUskg3WU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>American Idol winner David Cook announced today, Sunday May 3, that his brother Adam, who had been battling a brain tumor, died on Saturday. David Cook was the Grand Marshal at the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.braintumorcommunity.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=RFHDC09_Homepage\" target=\"_blank\">Race for Hope DC, a 5K race to benefit National Brain Tumor Society.<\/a> Although he began his welcome speech in a jovial frame of mind, his choked back tears talking about his brother, adding that there wasn&#8217;t anywhere else he would have rather been that day. Cook apparently cancelled some shows on his current tour a few weeks ago, and spent time with his brother, saying their goodbyes then.<a href=\"http:\/\/news-briefs.ew.com\/2009\/05\/american-idol-s.html\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly reports that in honor of Adam&#8217;s memory, fans can make donations to David&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20276340,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Race for Hope team, which according to People.com  <\/a>was the top fund-raiser, bringing in more than $98,000; the race in total raised almost $2 million. Contributions will be accepted through Sept. 30. <em>Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gospel Soundcheck <\/a>headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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