article_snippet.sent: Lauren, who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer shortly after my Grandma 18th birthday, had repeatedly defied doctors' expectations after doctors' told my Grandma that my Grandma would not live past December.
article_snippet.sent: At the game, Lauren said Lauren wanted to find a cure for the rare cancer, which has a less than 10 per cent survival rate and most often affects children aged four to nine. '
article_snippet.sent: When I was diagnosed I remember kind of feeling lonely because nobody understood,' Lauren said following the game, 
article_snippet.sent: When the season ended, Lauren team held her team annual dinner in the hospital where Hill was being treated.
article_snippet.sent: As cancer slowed Lauren down, Lauren's family, friends and teammates took a bigger role in promoting Lauren fundraising campaign - and Lauren kept reminding everyone to appreciate life. '
article_snippet.sent: Life is precious,' Lauren told WKRC-TV before Lauren death. '
article_snippet.sent: Final days: Lauren is pictured enjoying Easter (left) and St Patrick's Day (right) from hospital in Cincinnati .
article_snippet.sent: The co-founder of Lauren nonprofit foundation confirmed Lauren's death in hospital on Friday. '
article_snippet.sent: Through Lauren's fundraising and advocacy efforts, Lauren not only became a spotlight on the lack of funding for cancer research, but Lauren most certainly has become a beacon guiding researchers for years to come,' The Cure Starts Now co-founder Brooke Desserich said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lauren Hill was diagnosed with an inoperable form of brain cancer aged 18 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lauren Hill died in hospital on Friday, aged 19, after defying doctors' expectations .
  