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"A Lakota graduate who was battling brain cancer has died.Jessica Elam was diagnosed at the age of 7 and had eight relapses over several years of treatment.Officials at Lakota East said that Elam died Thursday. She was 19.Elam was featured in a WLWT story in September when, thanks to her efforts, Cincinnati\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital now allows patients\u2019 pets to visit them.\u201CTo me, this is a dream come true. This dream started when I was 9 years old,\u201D Elam said in September.She said she missed her dog while in the hospital for treatment and wanted to make sure that other patients were able to be comforted by their own pets while in the hospital.Funeral arrangements for Elam have not been released."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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