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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Man who became popular in Blinking White Guy gif raises over $300,000 for multiple sclerosis research

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Drew Scanlon became famous after a gif of him blinking in response to a comment went viral. Photograph: Giant Bomb

The man whose befuddled facial expression on a recorded video live stream in 2013 birthed what the internet collectively dubbed the Blinking White Guy meme has managed to convert his online notoriety into more than $300,000 for multiple sclerosis research, he said in a new interview.

Drew Scanlon explained to ABC News that donating to the US’s National Multiple Sclerosis Society is important to him because a friend of his and her mother both have the chronic, autoimmune disease that attacks people’s central nervous systems.

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