Editing Danny Kaye (section)

===Charity===
[[File:Amerikaanse filmacteur Danny Kaye arriveert op Schiphol.ogv|thumb|Danny Kaye on a promotion tour for UNICEF in the Netherlands, 1955]]
Working alongside UNICEF's Halloween fundraiser founder, Ward Simon Kimball Jr., the actor educated the public on impoverished children in deplorable living conditions overseas, and assisted in the distribution of donated goods and funds. His involvement with UNICEF came about in an unusual way. Kaye was flying home from London in 1949 when one of the plane's four engines lost its propeller and caught fire. The problem was initially thought serious enough that it might make an ocean landing; life jackets and life rafts were made ready.<ref name=":0" /> The plane was able to head back over 500 miles (804.67&nbsp;km) to land at [[Shannon Airport]], Ireland. On the way back to Shannon, the head of the Children's Fund, [[Maurice Pate]], had the seat next to Danny Kaye and spoke at length about the need for recognition for the fund. Their discussion continued on the flight from Shannon to New York; it was the beginning of the actor's long association with UNICEF.<ref name="UNICEF 2">{{cite web| url=http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/ambassadors/danny-kaye/danny-kaye-bio.html| title=Danny Kaye Biography| access-date=March 23, 2014| website=[[UNICEF]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jUIjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2884,742737| title=Crippled Transport Limps to Safety| date=July 8, 1949| newspaper=[[The Lewiston Daily Sun]]| access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unicef.org/people/people_danny_kaye.html| title=Danny Kaye| website=UNICEF| access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref>

"For all of his success as a performer (...) his greatest legacy remains his tireless humanitarian work—so close were his ties to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) that when the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize, Kaye was tapped to accept it", according to music critic Jason Ankeny.<ref name="allmusic"/>