( CNN ) The Real Slim Shady can be a really nice guy when the chips are down . Gage Garmo , 17 , got to meet Eminem Sunday evening , fulfilling a wish he had . The Rochester Hills , Michigan , teen died Monday . The rapper , whose real name is Marshall Mathers , made a surprise visit to Garmo 's house Sunday , spending the time chatting about football and school . `` We 're really happy we were able to make it happen , '' Mary Grace McCarter , executive director of The Rainbow Connection , told the Oakland Press , a suburban Detroit newspaper . The Rainbow Connection is a Michigan-based organization for children with life-threatening illnesses . `` It was really something special . '' According to the paper , Garmo had been diagnosed with bone cancer as a freshman in high school in 2010 . His leg was amputated in a measure to stop the disease , but it recurred and spread to his lungs . Garmo was remembered at a candlelight vigil Monday night that hundreds attended .
Teen 's dying wish to meet Gage Garmo is fulfilled evening . Eminem , Monday , died 17 .