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The "world's loneliest elephant" has finally found a friend. Kaavan, who was rescued by the American singer Cher from a grim zoo in Pakistan's capital Islamabad...
The plight of Kaavan - a 36-year-old bull elephant at Islamabad's dilapidated zoo and originally from Sri Lanka - sparked global uproar from animal rights groups, who launched a campaign to save him.
The singer, who has for years campaigned for Kaavan the elephant and is helping pay for his move, arrived in the Pakistan capital this week to see the animal before the flight to Cambodia on Sunday.
The post, in which Cher's eccentric use of punctuation, capitalisation and grammar oddly mirrors the president's famously loose writing style, has been seized upon by Republicans.
Cher, the Oscar-winning actress and pop icon, and McEntire, a country music singer and songwriter who has acted on stage and television, joined jazz musician Wayne Shorter and composer Philip Glass to receive the awards, which recognise a lifetime of contributions to the arts.
To a certain generation she will always be an icon of Sixties counterculture and the unique contralto voice who gave the world ‘I Got You Babe’.
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The star has managed to stay in incredible shape during a career spanning six decades, and she has now opened up about her secrets to staying fit and healthy.
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Gregg passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia over the weekend.
Cher was due to appear in a Lifetime movie about the 2016 water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
The singer first became aware of 29-year-old Kavaan's plight after seeing pictures of the elephant in chains.