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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Kal EL on March 24, 2005, 04:27:38 PM
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Yahoo News
ST. LOUIS - Jacqueline "Jackie" Donahue, a sister of Grammy-winning rapper Nelly, died Thursday at a St. Louis hospital after a long battle with leukemia, the artist's publicist said.
AP Photo
Donahue had been diagnosed with leukemia on March 29, 2001. The cancer was in remission for nearly two years before she suffered a relapse, prompting Nelly to arrange a number of bone marrow drives. A match was never found.
Publicist Jane Higgins said Nelly and Donahue, who had the same father, were very close as they grew older. Donahue, a 31-year-old mother of two, worked as Nelly's stylist until her illness forced her to leave that position.
In March 2003, Nelly and Donahue formed a campaign called "Jes Us 4 Jackie" to find donors for Donahue and others, and to raise awareness about bone marrow donations.
Donahue's family said in a statement they were "deeply saddened" by her death and offered their thanks for those who had supported her and the bone marrow drives.
"We are very proud of her efforts to educate and raise awareness about the disease and the need for African-Americans to join the National Donor Registry," the family said.
"She will always be remembered for her loving spirit, energy and unshakable faith."
The 30-year-old rapper said through Universal Records that several dates on his tour had been postponed.
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God must have missed
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R.I.P.
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RIP
damn thats sad. i remember a while back Nelly was always talking about tryna help his sister out
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no shit? rip
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I don't understand why he didn't offer like 5 Million dollars for the perfect marrow donor ?
:P
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I don't understand why he didn't offer like 5 Million dollars for the perfect marrow donor ?
:P
He spent all the money on band-aids for his face.
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rest in peace
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Damn man, that's sad.
rip
but that other guy is right... nelly is loaded. Think about it guys. If you were nelly, and you had millions of dollars (surely he has business ventures, most rich people do have other things on the side im sure)
Anyway, you got millions. Wouldn't you want to front like $1m to the family of whoever is willing to come forth and help out?? shieeet
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R.I.P
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rest in piece
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Damn man, that's sad.
rip
but that other guy is right... nelly is loaded. Think about it guys. If you were nelly, and you had millions of dollars (surely he has business ventures, most rich people do have other things on the side im sure)
Anyway, you got millions. Wouldn't you want to front like $1m to the family of whoever is willing to come forth and help out?? shieeet
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R.I.P
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I don't understand why he didn't offer like 5 Million dollars for the perfect marrow donor ?
:P
I guess he didn't care as much as he wanyed people to believe.............
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Damn man, that's sad.
rip
but that other guy is right... nelly is loaded. Think about it guys. If you were nelly, and you had millions of dollars (surely he has business ventures, most rich people do have other things on the side im sure)
Anyway, you got millions. Wouldn't you want to front like $1m to the family of whoever is willing to come forth and help out?? shieeet
^^^^^Co-Sign
R.I.P. Jacqueline "Jackie" Donahue God Bless You
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R.I.P.
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R.I.P.
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R.I.P.
That's damn sad
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Damn man, that's sad.
rip
but that other guy is right... nelly is loaded. Think about it guys. If you were nelly, and you had millions of dollars (surely he has business ventures, most rich people do have other things on the side im sure)
Anyway, you got millions. Wouldn't you want to front like $1m to the family of whoever is willing to come forth and help out?? shieeet
People die everyday, the only sad part about this is that he let her die.
Even if he offered 1M every black person from here to Africa would be getting tested :D
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R.I.P
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RIP,
thats always a sad experience to go through, not being a fan in this case has nothing to do with it,
I mean people can say what they want, but i'm sure Nelly did what he could to save his sister, I mean his image looks different because of TV, but thats family, I mean I obviously have no proof of what happened, but of course it would be messed up if he didn't do what can to save his sister, I'm sorry to hear that happened though
RIP
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R.I.P.
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RIP
on another note, Quik's niece passed away the other day too. RIP
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That's unfortunate. RIP.
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God must have missed
ruthless, man
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Whether you are a fan of the man or not...RIP to his sister!!!
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R.I.P.
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some of you are MORONS
You NEED 2 get off this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Those females in Atlanta should be critized(sp) for not letting Nelly hold a bone marrow drive at Spelman College. His sister's life was more important than their wanne be asses.