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Elton John to Larry King: I don't have a computer or a mobile phone

 During last night's Larry King show, Larry asked Elton John for the Web address of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. BTW, a noble cause- a benefit for which Elton played after the Academy Awards Sunday night.
Written by Russell Shaw, Contributor

 

During last night's Larry King show, Larry asked Elton John for the Web address of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. BTW, a noble cause- a benefit for which Elton played after the Academy Awards Sunday night.

As to Larry's question, Elton admitted:

I don't know what our website number is. I don't have a computer or mobile phone or anything.

I know your first reaction will be, well, Elton is almost 61 and is a superstar, so not surprising he doesn't have a PC or cell, and apparently doesn't know much about the Internet.

But I can tell you of at least three other superstars, each older than Elton, who have professed Internet use. Eric Clapton wrote his latest book on a PC. Mick Jagger has referenced personal Internet use. And in 1999, when I wrote a streaming media guide for RealNetworks (ultimately not published due to a strategic shift), guess who wrote the preface:

Yes, RealNetworks communicated directly with David Bowie.

But here's the good part. Just a few seconds after Elton professed ignorance about his charity's website number, a producer put the website addy on screen.

"There you go," Elton then said. "It's terrible I don't know that.  "

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