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July 11, 2017 // Doting mother Madonna hugs her daughter Mercy James as she officially opens a children's facility in a Malawi hospital in honour of the 11-year-old

She is mother to four adopted children from Malawi.  And inspired by her brood,  Madonna  returned to the southeastern African country on Tuesday to officially open a children's hospital wing that her charity Raising Malawi has helped to build. The pop icon, 58, decided to name the 50-bed paediatric facility after her 11-year-old daughter Mercy James and was joined by her little girl at its launch. 

July 10, 2016 // Madonna visits the pediatric surgery and Malawi's first ever intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the southern city of Blantyre.

Madonna in Malawi visited the construction of a children's wing at a hospital that her charity is funding in this southern African country's largest city, Blantyre. The pop star has been in Malawi for a week and is to meet President Peter Mutharika and health minister Peter Kumpalume. Madonna went to visit Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital to view the pediatric unit where construction started in May 2015 and which is expected to open in early 2017. "This new facility is the first pediatric surgery and intensive care unit in any Malawi hospital. It will have an enormous impact on saving the lives of children," said Madonna, in a statement to The Associated Press. "In addition to raising the quality and availability of health care, we are also preparing for the future by training more Malawian medical staff in specialized pediatric care." Answering questions from the press, Madonna said that she does not yet have a name for the new children's win...

On July 10 1985, The Playboy magazine issue of nude Madonna photos was released !!

Playboy  publishes nude photos of  Madonna  taken before she was famous. The singer did a number of nude photo shoots from 1977-1980, starting when she was an 18-year-old student at the University of Michigan looking for some extra cash and trying to form a band. Now a huge star,  Playboy  publishes some of the shots taken in 1979 and 1980 in a revealing spread. A year earlier, the magazine turned down nude photos of Miss America winner  Vanessa Williams , which their rival  Penthouse  published. "We think Vanessa genuinely didn't know what she was doing, didn't know her photos might be published," the article states. "Madonna, on the other hand, posed repeatedly for two noted photographers who routinely publish what they shoot." One of the photographers, Lee Friedlander, says of the shoot: "She seemed very confident, a street-wise girl." Madonna has little to say on the matter, but doesn't shy away. "I'm not ashamed,...

July 10th 1990. Blond Ambition Stadio Flamino Rome Italy Madonna wears an Italian football for Causing A Commotion and Where's The Party. [Video & More]

July 10th 1990. Blond Ambition Stadio Flamino Rome Italy Madonna wears an Italian football (Italy had just finished hosting the FIFA World Cup two days earlier) for Causing A Commotion and Where's The Party. Worn earlier on for jogging while in Paris the Number 15 belonged to footballer - Roberto Baggio, who starred in the Italian team that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice! On Baggio, Madonna had quoted :- "That goal against Czechoslovakia was marvellous. I didn’t know his name then, but that goal and his big green eyes conquered me.” Baggio had married the year before.  #madonna    #rome    #italy    #1990    #europe    #blondambition    #worldtour    #FIFA    #worldcup    #italia    #robertobaggio  

July 10 2012 // Madonna's MDNA World Tour stopped in Cologne, Germany. Madonna performed in front of a SOLD OUT crowd 14,489 fans) at the Lanxess Arena. [Pix & Video's]

Cologne photos   HERE Soundcheck – I’m Addicted / I’m A Sinner / Celebration / Turn Up The Radio Soundcheck – Turn Up The Radio Soundcheck – Celebration Express Yourself Speech Like A Virgin Like A Prayer Celebration