Boy who loved all things Lego succumbs to bone cancer


PETALING JAYA: Eleven-year-old cancer patient and Lego fan Muhammad Danish Maarif has passed away.

Muhammad Danish, who had been fighting a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma, breathed his last at his home at 4am yesterday. He had been unable to eat or drink since Monday.

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