Little Oscar 'gains angel wings' after three-year battle

A boy from Northern Ireland whose battle against cancer captured the hearts of thousands and united a community has died.

Little Oscar 'gains angel wings' after three-year battle

A boy from Northern Ireland whose battle against cancer captured the hearts of thousands and united a community has died.

Oscar Knox, who was five, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2011. The Co Antrim boy’s brave fight against the disease was shared by his parents, Stephen and Leona, on Twitter and he soon became an online phenomenon.

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