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Cancer Patient Jasmina Anema, Whom Rihanna Visited Last Year, Has Died

The 6-year-old lost her yearlong battle with leukemia on Wednesday.By Gil Kaufman Jasmina Anema and Rihanna Photo: Dosomething.org Jasmina Anema, the spirited 6-year-old New York girl whose courageous fight against leukemia won her visits and praise from Rihanna and President Obama, died on Wednesday night (January 27). Her mother, Thea Anema, made the announcement in a blog she'd set up to keep her thousands of well-wishers up to date on Jasmina's condition, posting on the leukemia support site Caring Bridge, "Today, January 27, at 10:55 p.m., Jasmina lost her fight against leukemia," according to People magazine. In January 2009, Jasmina was diagnosed with leukemia, a cancer of the blood or bone marrow that typically results the loss of bone marrow and a build-up of abnormal white blood cells.

 

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