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NJ Athlete Katelyn Morales, 14, Dies After Cancer Battle NJ Athlete Katelyn Morales, 14, Dies After Cancer Battle
NJ Athlete Katelyn Morales, 14, Dies After Cancer Battle A Monmouth County community is mourning the loss of a 14-year-old girl after a valiant cancer battle. An obituary said 14-year-old Katelyn Morales of Howell died on Wednesday, Jan. 10. She was in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with lymphoma. A GoFundMe page for Morales said she received several rounds of radiation, chemotherapy treatments, and blood transfusions. "At 14 years old, Kate was recently diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma that has quickly spread to multiple parts of her body," the cancer treatment fundraiser said. "Doctors say her form of cancer is rare, which took months t…