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BC Cancer Foundation Dept: More than 20 years after his death, John Jambor, a Slovakian self-made multimillionaire, has stayed true to his pledge, leaving the BC Cancer Foundation $21.4 million in a deal that represents the value of a city block of mixed retail, commercial and office space, according to Vancouver Sun. "It's quite rare for people to structure a bequest this way but John's intent was very clear," said foundation president Doug Nelson. "He wanted to ensure that the property and the business appreciated over time so that when we finally received the funds, the legacy would be even more substantial," he added and the largest bequest to a single charity in B.C.'s history has come from a European immigrant who pledged in his will to hand over equity in his massive Burnaby commercial real estate development. The gift arranged by Jambor's protege and grandson, William McCarthy, is the biggest to go to a B.C. cancer cause and the largest to go to a single organization in the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.