By Hassan Sanusi
A terminally ill Eminem fan died shortly after the rapper’s visit on Sunday, January 11, 2015.
17-year old Gage Garmo passed away from Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, on Monday, January 12, 2015 approximately 24-hours after the 42-year-old rapper surprised him at his home in Rochester, Michigan.
The teenager’s family started a Twitter campaign in an attempt to convince his idol to pay a visit and following his death, hundreds of students joined Gage’s family for a candlelight vigil in his honour at Rochester High School on Monday night.
The sick teen would have celebrated his 18th birthday this Friday, January 16, 2015, according to Gawker.com.
Gage was overjoyed when the ‘Berzerk’ hitmaker secretly travelled from Atlanta to his home, where they chatted about basketball and hip hop for around two hours, after Rainbow Connection, a charity which aims to grant wishes to children in Michigan with life-threatening illnesses, helped to organise the special visit at ‘short notice’.
