We have been bringing you stories of pre-term babies surviving against the odds — and how they and their families have been helped by Bliss, the leading UK charity for poorly and premature newborns.
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We have asked YOU to donate to Bliss for our Light Up Christmas Appeal — and there is still time. The money helps fund key training and research.
Here, to celebrate those determined babies who cannot wait to enter the world, we profile five who went on to greatness.
STEVIE WONDER
Newborn baby appeal
TO DONATE: thesun.co.uk/light-up-christmas
OR CALL: 020 7378 5740
How to help
DONATE ONLINE: Go to thesun.co.uk/light-up-christmas.
DONATE BY TEXT: Sending BLISS followed by the amount (e.g. BLISS £10) to 70085. You can choose to donate £1, £3, £5, £10, £15 or £20. You will be charged the standard network rate when texting your keyword.
DONATE BY PHONE: Call 020 7378 5740.
DONATE BY POST: Please make cheques payable to “Bliss – National Charity for the Newborn” to Freepost RTZJ-GZYE-RCUA, The Sun Appeal, Bliss, Fourth Floor, Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB.
The soul legend of hits such as Signed, Sealed, Delivered and Superstition, first piped up in the delivery ward six weeks early in 1950. Blind soon after birth, he has sold more than 100million records and won 25 Grammy awards.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Born on November 30, 1874, Winnie was not due until January.
He became the bulldog PM who led us to victory in World War Two.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Crazy-haired genius of geniuses, this German Nobel prize-winning physicist boggled the world’s mind with his theory of relativity despite being born two months early in 1879.
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ANNA PAVLOVA
The Russian prima ballerina was two months premature in 1881 and was initially refused a ballet school place for being “too delicate” — but she danced her way to fame as an all-time great.
LAURA KENNY
The Team GB cycling whiz was born a month early, in Harlow, Essex, and suffered a collapsed lung which led to asthma.
Yet the 26-year-old went on to win four gold medals and become our most successful female Olympian.
Newborn baby appeal
TO DONATE: thesun.co.uk/light-up-christmas
OR CALL: 020 7378 5740
How to help
DONATE ONLINE: Go to thesun.co.uk/light-up-christmas.
DONATE BY TEXT: Sending BLISS followed by the amount (e.g. BLISS £10) to 70085. You can choose to donate £1, £3, £5, £10, £15 or £20. You will be charged the standard network rate when texting your keyword.
DONATE BY PHONE: Call 020 7378 5740.
DONATE BY POST: Please make cheques payable to “Bliss – National Charity for the Newborn” to Freepost RTZJ-GZYE-RCUA, The Sun Appeal, Bliss, Fourth Floor, Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB.
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