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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Has left hospital. Although terminally Ill and very poorly let's hope he gets the chance to tick other things of his bucket list
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i think everyone is surprised and glad that he has left... and he will continue raising tons of money for the teenage cancer trust...
and if you haven't already given you and you want to... you can donate a fiver by texting STEPHEN to 70500  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Has left hospital. Although terminally Ill and very poorly let's hope he gets the chance to tick other things of his bucket list
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Yes lets hope he can |
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"He has epitomised living with a condition rather than dying of it. That's what I have found so wonderful about him.
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This is what I like about him. So many people let their illness define them. It's all about what they can't do because of it. Not what they can do in spite of it! |
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"There is some proper vile stuff been posted about him...It's disgusting 
Clearly knobheads then!! Glad I've not seen any of it. I think he's a true inspiration "
In life there's always someone wanting to knock you down, but it really pisses them off when you do not let them.
Thumbs up for Stephen, an absolutely amazing person |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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sadly just been announced that he has passed away.....
he did a lot to raise awareness and did a fantastic job in fund raising...
he is in a better place and now free of pain...
RIP stephen... |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"He did well. I hope his funeral reflects the joy with which he seems to have lived life. "
maybe not the funeral itself... but you can imagine the memorial service that is bound to be planned for me is going to be one of the most fun and cool events
you know thats what he would have wanted....
keep giving... the text donation line is still open to anyone who hasn't so far |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"sadly just been announced that he has passed away.....
he did a lot to raise awareness and did a fantastic job in fund raising...
he is in a better place and now free of pain...
RIP stephen..."
hope the trolls are happy now.
social media is a power for people doing some absolutely amazing things.
but it also gives a platform to some truly nasty people, nasty horrible people that dont deserve to share the air the rest of us enjoy, but thats the price we pay for freedom of speech i suppose.
rip steve. |
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"sadly just been announced that he has passed away.....
he did a lot to raise awareness and did a fantastic job in fund raising...
he is in a better place and now free of pain...
RIP stephen...
hope the trolls are happy now.
social media is a power for people doing some absolutely amazing things.
but it also gives a platform to some truly nasty people, nasty horrible people that dont deserve to share the air the rest of us enjoy, but thats the price we pay for freedom of speech i suppose.
rip steve."
I saw some comments made on an article and it sickened me as to what people were saying |
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Truly humbled by this brave and selfless man. His family should be very proud for the many lives that will be touched and helped by Stephen, long after his passing, which I hope gives them solace. Rest in Peace |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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What an inspirational figure he was and no doubt will always be to those unfortunate enough to be going through such tough times.
How much did the final tally come to on his fundraiser site?
I am sure it will be ever greater today
Very Sad RIP
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What an inspirational figure he was and no doubt will always be to those unfortunate enough to be going through such tough times.
How much did the final tally come to on his fundraiser site?
I am sure it will be ever greater today
Very Sad RIP
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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"I hope all those 'people' who said they were 'conned' have the decency to hang their heads in shame.God bless Steven.x"
karma will come and shake hands with them..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Inspirational, dignified right to the end and a young man has shown the country and the rest of the world that great things can be achieved under the direst of circumstances. And he did it all with a great big smile on his face. His suffering is now at an end and may he rest peacefully. Sleep well young man. |
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what really fucks me off , is that again someone did not do there job in the NHS he was misdiagnosed at 15 years old That fucker still has his/her job . he on the other hand he had 3 years to cram is life in . And the other is that tosspot Cameron tweeting about his death while doing his WORST to fuck up the NHS
RIP mate . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Such an inspirational young man, he has left a great legacy and although heartbroken his family must be so so proud of him. Definitely earned some kick-ass wings, RIP Stephen x |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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I heard the news after visiting my mother. R4 played the clip of Stephen saying that life should not be measured in years lived but in your achievements.
He lived a full life by that measure.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Very sad. He brought the best out of a lot of people in a short space of time.
He reminded me of Kirsty Howard - the little girl with a terminal illness that appeared with David Beckham. She's 18 now!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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mean no offence to the lads memory, but if i hear his name once more it will be too often.
local radio is going completely overboard with it all.
must say, however, his parents keeping it together throughout everything is wonderous to behold, i have to admit.
couldnt imagine doing it myself |
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"mean no offence to the lads memory, but if i hear his name once more it will be too often.
local radio is going completely overboard with it all.
must say, however, his parents keeping it together throughout everything is wonderous to behold, i have to admit.
couldnt imagine doing it myself"
and why shouldnt they go overboard. He raised £4000000 lets hope his name is spoken well into the future, what an inspiratioin |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"mean no offence to the lads memory, but if i hear his name once more it will be too often.
local radio is going completely overboard with it all.
must say, however, his parents keeping it together throughout everything is wonderous to behold, i have to admit.
couldnt imagine doing it myselfand why shouldnt they go overboard. He raised £4000000 lets hope his name is spoken well into the future, what an inspiratioin"
really?
there are people that raise money every single day.
in fact
let me tell you a story
a mate of mine started running, to help him with depression, did lots of races in aid of the samaritans, as they helped him through some very dark times.
was speaking to him on monday.
because of bleeding in his retina, he is now almost completely blind, out of the blue, no warning, still suffering with depression and yet still wanting to do his charity work.
hasnt courted publicity either
there are proper inspirational people around, that havent done it simply because they have been told their time is short.
whether steven would have done what he did had he not been dying will never be known, but doing things for others because you face adversity isnt the most inspirational act one can do.
doing it when you have no real reason to, thats inspirational.
agree or not, there are much more deserving people in the world, of al this adulation |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The inspiration is from the ability to be positive when most of us would want to hide. Your friend is remarkable too and publicity often finds causes much less worthy such as C list celebs."
again, there are people facing adversity with dignity and a smile, without courting publicity.
yes, i find the whole celebrity culture abhorrent also, but people want others to look up to.
i will not say stephen is not deserving of adulation.
however, are we so thin on the ground for people to look up to we have to go to a 19 year old? |
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"mean no offence to the lads memory, but if i hear his name once more it will be too often.
local radio is going completely overboard with it all.
must say, however, his parents keeping it together throughout everything is wonderous to behold, i have to admit.
couldnt imagine doing it myselfand why shouldnt they go overboard. He raised £4000000 lets hope his name is spoken well into the future, what an inspiratioin
really?
there are people that raise money every single day.
in fact
let me tell you a story
a mate of mine started running, to help him with depression, did lots of races in aid of the samaritans, as they helped him through some very dark times.
was speaking to him on monday.
because of bleeding in his retina, he is now almost completely blind, out of the blue, no warning, still suffering with depression and yet still wanting to do his charity work.
hasnt courted publicity either
there are proper inspirational people around, that havent done it simply because they have been told their time is short.
whether steven would have done what he did had he not been dying will never be known, but doing things for others because you face adversity isnt the most inspirational act one can do.
doing it when you have no real reason to, thats inspirational.
agree or not, there are much more deserving people in the world, of al this adulation"
Next you will be saying Jane Thomlinson didnt deserve publicity either 
Without the help of social sites, media and news £40000 would never have been raised. To raise any kind of money on that scale you need to "court" publicity otherwise how are you going to raise the money |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"again, there are people facing adversity with dignity and a smile, without courting publicity.
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To be fair I don't think he was trying to be a celebrity , but it looks like it took off with social media more than anything else.
I am not a lover of all those type of sites but it didn't do the charity any harm on this occasion.
I admire the lad for turning the end of his life into a positive just like hundreds of other people who do the same but are not known or heard of..... but like you I am not getting the almost lying in state thing that is going on.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree with Ruggers. He never courted celebrity. Was his initial target not just to raise just £10k and complete as much as possible on his bucket list? But very near to the end of his life his story went viral.
I hate celebrity culture, I'm not sure what Stephen Sutton and particularly his death really has in common with it though.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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im not saying HE did personally.
i know he only wanted to raise his 10k target, and far surpassed it.
but, lets step back into reality.
what did he actually do?
nothing, he was too ill.
it was friends and family that rallied round and did everything on his behalf.
he didnt raise 4 million for the charity, they actually made him the face of teenage cancer trust, his friends and family tirelessly campaigning on his behalf raised the 4 million.
im sorry, i appreciate others arent going to feel the same way, i understand that, but i dont find him any more inspirational than many other people that arent the flavour of the moment, thanks to the media and social networking. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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oh, and as an addendum, just got a text off my mate to say he is running the london marathon next year.
i did ask him how will he know, but he told me to fook off lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree to a point that he maybe didn't 'do' a great deal - but he unquestionably inspired many others to do a great deal. I can't see that somebody can be described as anything but inspiring if they manage to inspire others to action.
Media coverage is always a bit distasteful in these circumstances because underlying it all is the fact that they use the news to make money. But it can be argued that the lad used the media to do good. Good for him, and I'm sure he'd be happy knowing that it would provide some comfort to his family. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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I think he was inspirational. Yes, others worked tirelessly to support him and enabled that money to be raised but that is because they were inspired.
My concern is that fundraising from now on will only take off if there is a good tragic story linked to an individual. Some causes already struggle as they don't have a good fluffy poster boy/girl/animal. Incontinence is hard to fundraise.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think he was inspirational. Yes, others worked tirelessly to support him and enabled that money to be raised but that is because they were inspired.
My concern is that fundraising from now on will only take off if there is a good tragic story linked to an individual. Some causes already struggle as they don't have a good fluffy poster boy/girl/animal. Incontinence is hard to fundraise.
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i agree with all your sentiments, without stephen suttons desire to raise the initial £10,000 as part of his bucket list then there would not have been the £4 million that it currently stands at and yes like others have mentioned there have been many many people who.have contributed to the fund raising efforts however without his initial drive it would never have happened, as for a figure to follow its the way of the world whether be good or bad, do you think osama bin laden could run an entire terrorist network, not a chance but the press and the public needed a figure of hate to fix theirs minds on and its the same when its someone who is a figure for good, thats just the way it goes just ride the waves to the shore  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I think he was inspirational. Yes, others worked tirelessly to support him and enabled that money to be raised but that is because they were inspired.
My concern is that fundraising from now on will only take off if there is a good tragic story linked to an individual. Some causes already struggle as they don't have a good fluffy poster boy/girl/animal. Incontinence is hard to fundraise.
i agree with all your sentiments, without stephen suttons desire to raise the initial £10,000 as part of his bucket list then there would not have been the £4 million that it currently stands at and yes like others have mentioned there have been many many people who.have contributed to the fund raising efforts however without his initial drive it would never have happened, as for a figure to follow its the way of the world whether be good or bad, do you think osama bin laden could run an entire terrorist network, not a chance but the press and the public needed a figure of hate to fix theirs minds on and its the same when its someone who is a figure for good, thats just the way it goes just ride the waves to the shore "
Inspiration is a powerful thing. There have been others in Stephen Sutton's shoes but few can inspire others in the way that he did. His last reported quote is inspirational.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think he was inspirational. Yes, others worked tirelessly to support him and enabled that money to be raised but that is because they were inspired.
My concern is that fundraising from now on will only take off if there is a good tragic story linked to an individual. Some causes already struggle as they don't have a good fluffy poster boy/girl/animal. Incontinence is hard to fundraise.
i agree with all your sentiments, without stephen suttons desire to raise the initial £10,000 as part of his bucket list then there would not have been the £4 million that it currently stands at and yes like others have mentioned there have been many many people who.have contributed to the fund raising efforts however without his initial drive it would never have happened, as for a figure to follow its the way of the world whether be good or bad, do you think osama bin laden could run an entire terrorist network, not a chance but the press and the public needed a figure of hate to fix theirs minds on and its the same when its someone who is a figure for good, thats just the way it goes just ride the waves to the shore
Inspiration is a powerful thing. There have been others in Stephen Sutton's shoes but few can inspire others in the way that he did. His last reported quote is inspirational.
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Again i agreed with you entirely x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have been truly moved by his passing, similar to Jane Tomlinson. I find the two of them and Katie Piper, truly inspiring...
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I know what you mean... I'm pretty hard about these things but the courage shown by Steven was in the same league as Jane who also had the same effect. I'll admit a tear came to my eye with both their passings... Two people who worked tirelessly and in the full knowledge that they would never see their true aim fulfilled... But just did it to help others... The stars in the sky just got a bit brighter with these two. They should be an inspiration to us all. |
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Maybe we should have a Lichfield social, for fab supporters in his honour. Many of us found him inspirational, and social networking and the media is just a flavour of the times, if you found the publicity too much- that wasnt him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Maybe we should have a Lichfield social, for fab supporters in his honour. Many of us found him inspirational, and social networking and the media is just a flavour of the times, if you found the publicity too much- that wasnt him. "
thats a capital idea |
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