Bradley Lowery, a Sunderland fan diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has died at the age of six.


Bradley was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at 18 months old before going into remission after two years of treatment. However, he relapsed in July 2016, which led to him being brought into the public eye as a number of Premier League clubs helped to raise funds for his treatment, which is expensive and not available in the United Kingdom.




This caught the eye of Sunderland striker, Jermaine Defoe who got very close to Bradley.




Recent statement from the family, issued on his Facebook page, confirmed that scans have revealed more tumours including in his lungs, and that he sadly does not have long left to live.



"Bradley had a scan on Monday and it showed what we feared,” read the statement. “Bradley's cancer is spreading at a very fast rate and he has now got lots of new tumours including in his lungs.




"The lump that was causing pain was originally thought to be an abscess has got bigger and they now believe it's a tumour.



"We are heartbroken this is happening so fast.



"Bradley is now receiving palliative care at home. He is going for radiotherapy at the end of this week and next week, but this is to control the pain in the hope we get him comfortable.



"Lots of people keep asking 'how long has he got to live?' I can't answer this as we don't know, all we know is it's not long."






Pic 4: In One of Defoe's visit to Bradley, he felt asleep in his arm

rip baby

He was a mascot for Sunderland and when he realised he was going to be a mascot for England for their World Cup qualifier against Lithuania he couldn't stop talking about it.

Recent statement from the family, issued on his Facebook page, confirmed that scans have revealed more tumours including in his lungs, and that he sadly does not have long left to live.



"Bradley had a scan on Monday and it showed what we feared,” read the statement. “Bradley's cancer is spreading at a very fast rate and he has now got lots of new tumours including in his lungs.




"The lump that was causing pain was originally thought to be an abscess has got bigger and they now believe it's a tumour.



"We are heartbroken this is happening so fast.



"Bradley is now receiving palliative care at home. He is going for radiotherapy at the end of this week and next week, but this is to control the pain in the hope we get him comfortable.



"Lots of people keep asking 'how long has he got to live?' I can't answer this as we don't know, all we know is it's not long."



Pic 3: On the shoulders of jockey, Derek Fox.

He is already an England legend.

It's such a pity He's now dead.. Quite unfortunate.. Defoe burst into tears jus d other day at his new club's unveiling wen a journalist asked him about d kid...

At around 18:45 WAT, his Twitter account updated that,



"Bradley has had a settled day, he is no longer responsive but we know he is listening to everything we say. He is fighting so hard it's heart breaking for us to watch.
When the time comes there will be a update on his page first before anywhere else.
Thank you for all your kind words and support"





At 21:36 WAT,


"Bradley has not passed away yet, he is very poorly and weak but still fighting on"

What an infectious smile.

Earlier today, Jermaine Defoe gave way to tears when the young boy came up at his Bournemouth press conference.

And just recently at 15:45 WAT,




"My brave boy has went with the angels today 07/07/17 at 13:35, in mammy and daddies arms surrounded by his family.
He was our little superhero and put the biggest fight up but he was needed else where.
There are no words to describe how heart broken we are.
Thank you everyone for all your support and kind words.
Sleep tight baby boy and fly high with them angels"




I'll see you in the after-life, kid, Legend, fan, Godspeed.



Died: Friday, July 7th, 2017

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Seun

so touching. rest in peace Bradley....you are a hero even in death

Seun



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#sad. Rip little heroe