[news.misc] A boy in England got your help

andy@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) (04/11/89)

Mario Morby, 12, a cancer patient in remission in Streetly, England,
who had amassed a Guiness-book record 2 million postcards of getwell
support from around the world, was found suffocated in December after
a pile of an estimated 500,000 cards fell over on him.

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mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) (04/13/89)

In article <8335@polya.Stanford.EDU> andy@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:
>Mario Morby, 12, a cancer patient in remission in Streetly, England,
>who had amassed a Guiness-book record 2 million postcards of getwell
>support from around the world, was found suffocated in December after
>a pile of an estimated 500,000 cards fell over on him.

We're not going to start THIS again are we?

Michael R. Johnston
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sue@gtx.com (Sue Miller) (04/16/89)

In article <577@lilink.UUCP> mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) writes:
.In article <8335@polya.Stanford.EDU> andy@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:
.>Mario Morby, 12, a cancer patient in remission in Streetly, England,
.>who had amassed a Guiness-book record 2 million postcards of getwell
.>support from around the world, was found suffocated in December after
.>a pile of an estimated 500,000 cards fell over on him.
.
.We're not going to start THIS again are we?
.

    He's dead, Jim.

    But wait, he wakes up at the end of the season and realizes that
it was all a dream!  


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danielg@earl.med.unc.edu (Daniel Gene Sinclair) (04/22/89)

In article <577@lilink.UUCP> mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) writes:
>In article <8335@polya.Stanford.EDU> andy@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:
>>Mario Morby, 12, a cancer patient in remission in Streetly, England,
>

NO WAY.
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tjw@cisunx.UUCP (TJ Wood WA3VQJ) (04/26/89)

In article <8335@polya.Stanford.EDU> andy@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:

     Mario Morby, 12, a cancer patient in remission in Streetly, England,
     who had amassed a Guiness-book record 2 million postcards of getwell
     support from around the world, was found suffocated in December after
     a pile of an estimated 500,000 cards fell over on him.

Where can I send a sympathy card?

Terry

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