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Olivia Wise, a teenager with an inoperable brain tumor who gained YouTube fame with her cover of Katy Perry's "Roar," died Monday.
The Wise family sent a statement to CNN stating "She died peacefully in her home surrounded by the extraordinary love of her family."
Wise, 16, recorded a version of the Katy Perry hit song "Roar" at a Toronto studio in September. The video wen on to receive more than 1 million views and even caught the attention of Katy Perry, who sent Olivia a video response.
"I was very moved and you sounded great," Perry told her in a video posted on YouTube in October. "I love you. A lot of people love you and that's why your video got to me. It moved everybody that saw it."
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