12-year-old babe who blogged blight action has died

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California babe who became a nationally accustomed face of adolescent blight with a blog that actual her action adjoin academician tumors has died. Jessica Joy Rees was 12 years old.

Jessica's ancestors appear her afterlife on her Facebook page, advertence that her 10-month action with academician blight concluded Thursday. Tens of bags of bodies responded by announcement updates to the folio in a appearance of abutment that includes "likes" and prayers.

By Friday afternoon the access surpassed Jessica's ambition to get one "like" for anniversary of the estimated 50,000 American accouchement with cancer.

The Orange County seventh-grader, alleged "Jessie" by ancestors and friends, began her blog and Facebook folio afterwards actuality diagnosed with an busted academician bump in March. A additional bump was apparent in September.

While some of her posts discussed her struggles as she underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments, others apprenticed readers in dozens of countries to abutment pediatric blight analysis and to adjure for added accouchement with the illness.

She consistently active her posts with the acronym "NEGU" (NEE'-goo), abbreviate for "never anytime accord up."

Also, she and her parents started The NEGU Foundation, a nonprofit alignment to accession acquaintance of pediatric cancer, abutment sufferers and accession money for research.

The foundation awash and provided bags of "JoyJars" blimp with bonbon and toys to ailing children. More than 3,000 were awash and broadcast in 27 states aftermost year, according to the NEGU website.

After her diagnosis, Rancho Santa Margarita youngster accustomed tickets to "American Idol" and accustomed with signs that apprehend "NEGU Casey" to abutment adversary Casey Abrams, the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/yJwyF3) reported.

Co-host Ryan Seacrest additionally accustomed her to advertise country singer, and closing winner, Scott McCreery.

Jessica wrote on Facebook that her mission was "to animate kids angry blight to Never Anytime Accord Up by overextension hope, joy and love. A airy affection is abundant medicine."

A anniversary account was appointed for Wednesday at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, area her father, Erik Rees, is a pastor.

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