Cancer
Patient Raises Millions for
Charity in His
Biggest Bucket List Goal
Stephen Sutton, 19, was diag**sed with bowel
Cancer at the age of 15. When he was 17, he learned it was terminal
That's when he made a
Bucket list. Sutton dreamed up 46 experiences to complete in the short years he had left, from "
hugging an animal bigger than me" to crowd-surfing.
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But the greatest task he set out to accomplish was raise one million pounds for a
Charity called the
Teenage Cancer Trust. (Sutton's original
Goal was 10,000 pounds, but he upped the
Goal last year after achieving the amount.)
On Tuesday, Sutton posted a message to
his Facebook page as a "final thumbs up," saying goodbye and thanking everyone from family members to his medical team. He also asked that people continue to support his fundraiser, which had yet to reach the million-pound
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