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Standout Special Olympic Athlete From NJ Dies In Philly At 15 Standout Special Olympic Athlete From NJ Dies In Philly At 15
Standout Special Olympic Athlete From NJ Dies In Philly At 15 Support is pouring in for a Special Olympic athlete based in New Jersey who died at the age of 15 last month. Darius Cheston placed first in the 50-meter dash and third in the 100-meter dash in the 2021 Summer Sports finals in Pennington, NJ, according to the Burlington County Special Services School District and a GoFundMe in his name. The track-and-field star "was full of life and determination," GoFundMe organizer Elizabeth Zaremski wrote. He died on Sept. 30 after three months of fighting an unspecified condition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, she said. "Darius…

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