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7th July 2017
04:11pm BST

The football-obsessed Sunderland fan had been diagnosed with the rare illness when he was 18-months old. There was a huge outpouring of love and support for Bradley as he got older and more people came to know his story.
He became Sunderland's mascot and struck up a friendship with striker Jermaine Defoe, walking out onto the pitch with the player, who described the moment as the highlight of his time with Sunderland.
More than £700,000 had been raised for Bradley to help fight his illness, but unfortunately the cancer had become terminal. Towards the end of May, Bradley returned home to begin palliative care.
At a press conference for his new club Bournemouth, Defoe broke down in tears, saying that Bradley would "always be in my heart".
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