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'Bright, Kind' High School Senior Dies From Cancer With Medical-Bill Worries On His Mind
A high school senior who had been fighting various forms of cancer for the past five years, died due to the illness last week with a pressing, unresolved problem on his mind. Who was going to take care of his single mother, who was recently diagnosed with a stomach cyst, and grandmother if he can’t? In the months before he died on Feb. 13, Cory James Blanchard, an 18-year-old senior student at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, got involved with a GoFundMe campaign. The goal of “Hope for Cory” is to raise money to help cover medical bills and associated costs (such as gas to and from Bosto…