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Cancer battle ends for gutsy 11-year-old

  • Date: May 10, 1990
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 10, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Summary: Rebecca Ann Heatherington, an Old Orchard Junior High student, died at age 11 after battling cancer since age 2. She had been an active sixth grader and was involved in gymnastics and music at school.
  • Public School District 68
    Heatherington, Rebecca Ann
    Death
    Old Orchard Junior High School