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Hudson Launches Victims' Fund

Creates foundation in honor of slain family

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2008 3:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – Singer Jennifer Hudson, whose mother, brother and nephew were brutally murdered last weekend, has set up a foundation in honor of her three slain family members. The Hudson-King foundation will offer food, shelter, and clothing, as well as counseling for families who have lost relatives to a violent crime, People reports. The announcement came after a prayer vigil in a Chicago church.

Several young people participate in a candlelight vigil for Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and her family outside Hudson's mother and brother's Chicago home.
Several young people participate in a candlelight vigil for Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and her family outside Hudson's mother and brother's Chicago home.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A wooden cross, balloons and stuffed animals are placed in memorial outside the home of Jennifer Hudson's family.
A wooden cross, balloons and stuffed animals are placed in memorial outside the home of Jennifer Hudson's family.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Jennifer Hudson has announced a foundation in honor of her mother, brother and nephew, all murdered last weekend.
Jennifer Hudson has announced a foundation in honor of her mother, brother and nephew, all murdered last weekend.   (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
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