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HEALTHJul 23 · 15:57 UTCWAFB BATON ROUGEWBRC Digital Staff, Dorothy Sedovic

Boy who went viral by going on mother’s Facebook to plea for bone cancer drug dies at 15

Will Roberts, a 15-year-old Alabama teen with stage 4 bone cancer who went viral for pleading on his mother’s Facebook for a treatment, died in San Diego after his cancer progressed to the brain. His family stated they decided to stop his suffering, and he passed away surrounded by loved ones.

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