Jack Black Goes Viral for Singing ‘School of Rock’ Song to 15-Year-Old Fan With Rare Disease, Fans Praise the Actor’s ‘Kindness’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Jack Black has gone viral on social media thanks to a clip of him serenading a young “School of Rock” fan diagnosed with a rare illness.

The two met at the Layla Paige and Friends Walk for TrinityKids Care, which Black hosts each year to raise funds for child hospice programs in Southern California.

A clip shared by Upworthy shows Black singing a “School of Rock” song to Abraham, a 15-year-old with a rare mitochondrial disease called Pearson syndrome.

The video earned over 1.5 million views on Twitter in a single day. The TrinityKids Care fundraising event took place on Oct.