Little Girl Who Met Duchess Kate Dies After Battle With Cancer

In a hug that captured hearts around the world, the Duchess of Cambridge embraces six-year-old cancer patient Diamond Marshall as the royal couple arrives in Calgary on July 7, 2011. Diamond died on Dec. 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ian Vogler/Pool

CALGARY—A young Alberta cancer patient whose timid embrace of the Duchess of Cambridge captured hearts around the world has died.

The family of nine-year-old Diamond Marshall said she died peacefully on Monday night, Dec. 8.