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Ben Affleck, Jamie Ding Donate Millionaire Win to Congo Initiative

7/31/2026

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Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding won *Who Wants To Be a Millionaire* and donated the prize to the Eastern Congo Initiative.
They correctly identified “D, Spaghtetti and Meatball” as the non-pardoned turkey names.
The win aired a week after Ben Affleck’s mother Christopher Affleck died on June 2, prompting him to say the charity will help contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Story summary

Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding won *Who Wants To Be a Millionaire* and donated the prize to the Eastern Congo Initiative.
They correctly identified “D, Spaghtetti and Meatball” as the non-pardoned turkey names.
The win aired a week after Ben Affleck’s mother Christopher Affleck died on June 2, prompting him to say the charity will help contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.