Olivia Wise, a teenager who refused to let an inoperable brain tumor kill her spirit, died Monday.
Olvia gained fame in the last weeks of her 16-year-long life when a Katy Perry song she recorded in a Toronto studio in September became a viral hit online. Click here to watch the video.
“She died peacefully in her home surrounded by the extraordinary love of her family,” a family statement sent to CNN said.
The teenager said that she didn’t want people crying at her funeral, but that they should celebrate her life, her mother wrote in a letter to CNN.
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