Shannon Tavarez

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January 14, 2011
Tavarez's mother, Odiney Brown, told the New York Post that helping others in need of a bone marrow transplant was…
November 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor…
November 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Stars including Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent had campaigned to help Shannon Tavarez find a…
August 18, 2010
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - A family friend says Shannon will remain in the hospital under observation while physicians…
August 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Shannon Tavarez has leukemia and will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant Tuesday...
August 9, 2010
When 50 Cent heard that 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez needed a bone marrow transplant, he and G-Unit member Tony Yayo registered…
July 27, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Shannon Tavarez's best chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but because African-Americans are underrepresented in…
July 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - 11-year-old actress Shannon Tavarez should have been belting out songs in her starring role as Nala…