Katy Perry pays tribute to Olivia Wise as Toronto teen succumbs to cancer
In the final months of her life, Toronto teenager Olivia Wise created a legacy that reached around the world and all the way to an A-list pop star.
Wise died Monday afternoon, two years after she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and six weeks after a video of her singing Katy Perry’s “Roar” was posted on YouTube. “She died peacefully in her home surrounded by the extraordinary love of her family,” her cousin, Jeff Kassel, wrote in an email.
In those six weeks, the 16-year-old’s video prompted a response from Perry, more than a million views, a response video featuring messages from hundreds of Toronto students, and more than $85,000 in donations to help other young people with cancer.
“Olivia Wise, I can hear you singing with the angels now,” Perry tweeted late Monday. “Your spirit & strength has inspired me & so many others ... May you rest in peace.”
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