Jeremy Harper (born June 18, 1977) is an
American entrant in the ''
Guinness Book of World Records'' for counting aloud to
1,000,000,
live-streaming the entire process.
The count took Harper 89 days, during each of which he spent sixteen hours counting. He began on June 18, 2007, finishing on September 14.
His MillionCount website and forum were taken down some months later.
During his count, he neither left his home in
Birmingham, Alabama
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, nor shaved. Viewers could watch him live throughout. He appeared on
CNN,
Fox News
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,
Cnet, and other national and local TV and radio shows. In an NPR interview he stated his girlfriend bolted out on him at around 700,000.
The count raised over $10,000 for his supporting charity
Push America.
[Gordon, Amy (2007)]
Counting to 1 million raises money on Web
, '' Gadsden Times'', August 3, 2007, retrieved 2010-10-29
In 2010, Harper, along with Geno Pearson and Jeff Clanton, founded Birmingham Mountain Radio.
References
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Living people
People from Birmingham, Alabama
Year of birth missing (living people)