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- Nov 02, 2010
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Shannon Tavarez of The Lion King dies at age 11
Shannon Tavarez, young actress who starred in the Broadway musical, The Lion King, has died at the tender age of 11.
Tavarez, who started singing at the age of 3, had been battling acute myeloid leukemia since earlier this year. Shannon Tavarez played Young Nala in The Lion King from September 2009 until last April when she began to experience symptoms.
Both Alicia Keys and Rihanna tried to raise awareness about Shannon Tavarez’s disease and help find a bone marrow donor but one was never found. Instead she received umbilical-cord blood treatment in August and had chemotherapy treatments.
Rest in peace, little sweet one.
