article_snippet.sent: College basketball player Hill lost College basketball player Lauren Hill battle with cancer on Friday morning, aged just 19.
article_snippet.sent: The Indiana native, who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer shortly after Hill 18th birthday, had defied doctors' expectations after The Indiana native, who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer shortly after her 18th birthday told Hill that Hill would not live past December.
article_snippet.sent: But as Hill condition worsened, Hill became an honorary coach and earlier this year, Hill moved to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where Hill passed away on Friday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Lauren Hill, who is pictured playing for Mount St. Joseph University Cincinnati in November, died in hospital on Friday - aged just 19 - after a brave battle with a rare form of brain cancer .
article_snippet.sent: Tests found the tumor and Hill was told that Hill had less than two years left.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hill was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer when Hill was 18 and by last September, Hill was told Hill would not live past December .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hill passed away in hospital on Friday after defying doctors' expectations .
  