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Ffion Lewis

Devastated parents pay tribute to Harri Stickler after three-year-old 'hero' loses desperate battle for lifesaving treatment

The parents of a three-year-old boy who died following a battle with cancer have paid tribute to their "brave and fearless" son. Harri Stickler from Aberdare was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was six months old.

Born eight weeks premature, he was just six months old when he was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of cancer and given only a 20-30% chance of survival by his doctors. He had previously gone through chemotherapy and r eceived a bone marrow transplant.

Harri's parents had launched a fundraising campaign to raise £1m to send him to Singapore or the USA to try new pioneering treatment, which without it they feared their son would not make it to his next birthday in June. Read more: The heartbreaking reason cars are driving around Wales with purple and orange ribbons on them

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