EC sold 100 of his guitars to raise money for his drug rehab clinic on this day in 1999.  He raised almost $5,000,000

Kiss sold off some of their memorabilia on this day a year later in 2000.  They raised $876,000. (first day of a 2 day sale).

I am no fan of EC but surely this does illustrate the gap between where he stands in popular culture and Gene Simmons’ position.