A Canonsburg teen who was diagnosed with terminal cancer passed away Sunday after a long, but strong battle with the disease.
Luke Blanock was first diagnosed in 2013.
Earlier this year, Luke married his high school girlfriend, Natalie Britvich, with the help of the community.
Luke proposed to Natalie a month after learning from doctors that his cancer had spread and turned terminal.
With no time to waste, the community donated almost everything for the Blanock wedding.
“He said, ‘I'm not marrying Natalie to make her a widow. I'm marrying Natalie to spend 50 years with her.’ And that’s great. That’s how it should be,” Luke’s grandmother Rosemary Nikas said.
When Luke Blanock announced that his cancer had become terminal, the whole community rallied around him to be “Luke Strong.”
This past June, the star of the Canon-McMillan High School received his diploma and applause from his fellow classmates, according to the school district’s Facebook page.
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