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Teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton has
died peacefully in his sleep, his mother said on his Facebook page.
Selfles /dwell / outpouring / drew up / championed
/ Plight / ongoing / misfortune /
The 19-year-old, from Burntwood in
Staffordshire, raised more than £3.2m ($5.36m) for charity after news of (his situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one)
spread on social media.
In a post announcing Stephen's death,
Jane Sutton said he was a "courageous, (Having, exhibiting, or
motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish), inspirational son".
Stephen was diagnosed with terminal cancer aged
15. Rather than (To exist in a given place or state): on his an (unfortunate
or disastrous event; calamity), the teenager (To compose or write in a
set form; write out) a "bucket list" of things he wanted to
achieve before he died.
This led to him completing a skydive and
playing drums in front of 90,000 people before the Uefa Champions League final
at Wembley last May, among various achievements. Ms Sutton said in her
statement: "My heart is bursting with pride but breaking with pain for my
courageous, selfless, inspirational son.
"The (continuing without termination or
interruption) support and (passionate or exaggerated outburst; effusion)
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."
The Facebook post announcing Stephen's death
was shared more than 120,000 times within an hour of its publication. Donations
to his online fundraising page, set up in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust,
began to climb once again as the news of the teenager's death spread. Just giving,
which hosts Stephen's online fundraising page, said its engineers had to "work
quickly" to boost server capacity after a sharp increase in visitors to
the site. It said the campaign total had risen by about £60,000 in just over
two hours.
'Credit to humanity'
Stephen was readmitted to hospital on Sunday
after developing breathing difficulties caused by the regrowth of tumours. He
had initially set out to raise just £10,000 ($16,800) for charity, but his
fundraising campaign attracted huge attention last month after he posted a
selfie online.
The image went viral and attracted the support
of celebrities including Jason Manford, who (Hold first place or prize) Stephen's
charity efforts. Paying tribute, the comedian said Stephen "was the most
inspiring person I've ever met and touched more lives than he will ever
know".
"He was an incredibly positive young man
and a credit to his family, to Burntwood and to humanity itself.
"The reason we took to him so passionately
was because he was better than us, he did something that none of us could even
imagine doing.
"In his darkest hour he selflessly
dedicated his final moments to raising millions of pounds for teenagers with
cancer."
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