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kpete

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Tue May 21, 2013, 09:10 AM May 2013

Knowing he only had months to live, this 18 y.o. kid wrote a beautiful song

Zach Sobiech, a Minnesota teen who wrote a viral hit, “Clouds,” after finding out he was diagnosed with a fatal form of bone cancer at 14, died today at 18. Zach released the song in December of 2012, knowing he only had months to live.

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http://americablog.com/2013/05/clouds-zach-sobiech-cancer-song-video.html
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Knowing he only had months to live, this 18 y.o. kid wrote a beautiful song (Original Post) kpete May 2013 OP
A beautiful young man Smilo May 2013 #1

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