Lemonade stand cancer victim dies

A YOUNG cancer patient who started a lemonade stand to raise money for research, sparking a fund-raising campaign that is on target to raise a million dollars, has died, aged eight.

Alexandra Scott died peacefully at her Philadelphia home, said her father, Jay Scott. “She opened her eyes for the first time that day just before she passed away,” he said. “She looked out at the trees. In the past she’s been in a lot of pain, but at the end she had no pain, which is what she worried about.”

Alex, diagnosed just before her first birthday with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer, decided to set up a lemonade stand to raise money for treatment. She took in almost £1,000 that first year, and a series of stands had raised a total of £100,000 after four years.