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“My Final Goodbye”
^^^
Skeptics never rest. Shaun
was besieged by doubters prompting him to strip off his shirt revealing the
torso-long scar from his 2 transplants.
“I Am Not a Fake”
^^^
Australia teen dies
after YouTube 'Final Goodbye' video goes viral
by Jim Gold, msnbc.com
May 26, 2012
Australia teenager Shaun Wilson-Miller died Saturday, just
weeks after posting his emotional "My Final
Goodbye" message that went viral on YouTube.
In the 17-year-old's video,
intended for family and friends but seen by 1.9 million people by Sunday
morning, the Melbourne
schoolboy revealed he was suffering chronic heart rejection after his second
transplant and that there could not be a third.
"I won't be here for as
long as I thought,'' he said in the video.
"This has been an
awesome ride. I have no regrets,” he said. “Live life to the fullest because
you never know what's going to happen.''
Dad Cameron Miller said his
son's positive outlook had never faltered, with Shaun giving him constant hugs
in recent days, the Herald Sun reported Sunday.
"He passed peacefully
with me holding his hand; that is something the family will hold with us,'' he
told the Herald Sun.
Tributes immediately began
flowing in from around the world and from his beloved Essendon Football Club,
the newspaper said.
He had also found love with a
fellow heart patient, the Herald Sun reported.
Shaun had sighed: "The
hardest thing for me is leaving her, knowing that I won't get to marry her. To
have kids together. To grow old together. That is what makes me sad.''
He recently filmed a guest
appearance on the Australian TV show “The Neighbors” and met Essendon captain
Jobe Watson.
Condolences message on his parents Facebook pages include, "You showed so much courage for so long,'' ninemsn TV reported. "Fly high sweet angel. A June 15 fundraiser Shaun was planning for Heartkids has now been turned into a tribute for the teen, ninemsn reported.
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1 comment:
This is so terribly sad and moving. I cannot imagine how I could say those words. R.I.P.
Bratt
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