Stephen Sutton, the inspirational young teenager who battled cancer has died. Stephen was diagnosed with cancer at age 15 and through his Stephen’s Story site, he touched the hearts of many. What began as a bucket list for him, turned into an amazing fund raising effort that his hard to believe. Stephen has raised over $5.4 MILLION dollars in donations for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Just a few days ago, Stephen posted on his Facebook page that he was returning to the hospital due to breathing difficulties and recently Stephen’s mother made the following post:
My heart is bursting with pride but breaking with pain for my courageous, selfless, inspirational son who passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 14th May. The ongoing support and outpouring of love for Stephen will help greatly at this difficult time, in the same way as it helped Stephen throughout his journey. We all know he will never be forgotten, his spirit will live on, in all that he achieved and shared with so many.
Love,
His mom x
Stephen was so inspirational to everyone who knew him or even heard his story. He was not going to let cancer take over his life. As he said, 19 year old teenager with incurable cancer just trying to enjoy life as much as possible, while raising funds for charity to help others!!
We send our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the Sutton family. I hope we can all honor Stephen by continuing to make donations to the Teenage Cancer Trust in his honor. You can visit his donation page here: https://www.justgiving.com/stephen-sutton-TCT
~ Marisol
Information & Links:
- Website: http://stephensstory.co.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephensStory
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/_StephensStory
- Teenage Cancer Trust: https://twitter.com/TeenageCancer
- Just Giving Site: https://www.justgiving.com/stephen-sutton-TCT
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