ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — DiMantae Raheem Bronaugh, who was facing his second battle with cancer, died Tuesday night, according to a post on the
[ Mantae B. 24 Strong Facebook page ]
.
A star football player on Aliquippa’s high school football team, Bronaugh was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia prior to the 2015 season. He sat out what was supposed to be his senior year and underwent chemotherapy.
Granted an extra year of eligibility by the WPIAL, Bronaugh had hoped to make a comeback this season, but doctors determined he was no longer in remission in August and would need a bone marrow transplant,
reported.
Earlier this month, two high schools had held bone marrow registration drives to benefit Bronaugh.
Bronaugh was 19.
Aliquippa School District Superintendent Dr. Peter Carbone issued the following statement after learning of Bronaugh’s death:
Others took to social media to express their sympathies:
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