With Corey Haim's family so strapped for cash that they have gone online to ask for fan donations and auction the actor's possessions, a celebrity memorabilia company has stepped to cover costs of his funeral. Startifacts.com has offered $20,000 to the late star's family. "We're giving [his mother, Judy Haim] $20,000 directly from our own bank account to be used however she sees fit," Jon Hill, a manager for Startifacts.com, tells E! News. The Minnesota-based company's owner, Michael Kronick, befriended Haim in the early 2000s and purchased some personal items from him around that time. Upon news of the teen idol's death and his family's financial woes,...
- 3/14/2010
- E! Online
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