Jim Gaffigan steps in to deliver Methodist luncheon’s keynote speech
Comedian Jim Gaffigan laughs with Joe Birch at the Methodist Foundation's annual luncheon Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
After scheduled speaker George Lopez had to cancel due to COVID, comedian Jim Gaffigan spoke to Methodist Healthcare Foundation’s attendees of his family’s own medical crisis.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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