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'Force Awakens' Wish Fulfilled, Cancer Afflicted 'Star Wars' Fan Daniel Fleetwood Has Died by Jeremy Gerard

Five days after Disney and Lucasfilms fulfilled his dying wish to see The Force Awakens, lifelong Star Wars fan Daniel Fleetwood has succumbed to cancer. Earlier today, his wife Ashley posted on Facebook: Fleetwood, who grew up watching the franchise movies with his father in Texas, was 32. He was diagnosed in 2012 with spindle cell sarcoma, which quickly spread to his lungs. When it became near-certain that he…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:45AM on November 10, 2015

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