'Secret Millionaire" episode has bittersweet ending for group of Detroiters

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Posted: 03/14/2011

DETROIT (WXYZ) - The airing of ABC's hit show, 'Secret Millionaire' was bittersweet for a Detroit youth job training group who lost Program Director Rowland Watkins in a car accident last week.

Watkins, 39, was killed in a fiery crash last week, just days before the airing of the 'Secret Millionaire' episode that featured Young Detroit Builders.

Michigan State Police believe Watkins lost control on a curve on I-94 near Eight Mile Road during bad weather.

The millionaire featured on Sunday night's show surprised organizers and students of Young Detroit Builders with a check for $40,000.

The money will help build a new training center for the organization.

WATCH THE ENTIRE SECRET MILLIONAIRE EPISODE FEATURING DETROIT YOUNG BUILDERS, HERE

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