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Elton John has been honoured at Harvard University for his philanthropic efforts to fight HIV and AIDS. (Photo<\/a>: Elton John\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. \u2014 Elton John has been honoured at Harvard University for his philanthropic efforts to fight HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n

The 70-year-old singer was awarded the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award in a ceremony Monday. Previous winners include former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Secretaries General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Javier Perez de Cuellar.<\/p>\n

John says he lost friends to AIDS, and regrets not doing more to help as he battled addictions early in his career.<\/p>\n

He says his life changed when he met Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who became the poster child for HIV awareness during the 1980s AIDS crisis.<\/p>\n

John’s AIDS foundation has raised more than $300 million for HIV- and AIDS-related programs since it was established in 1992.<\/p>\n

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