23-Year-Old Dies Months After Wedding to Face-Deforming Cancer

23-Year-Old Dies Months After Wedding to Face-Deforming Cancer
A wedding picture of Jo and Josh. Kat Cherry Photography
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A 23-year-old with cancer that took away one of her eyes and half of her face lost her battle with life—but not the love of the man who married her despite all odds and stood with her until the very end.

Joanne Coleman from Queensland, Australia, suffered from a rare kind of skin cancer and died on Aug. 28, after being diagnosed in 2016. Coleman married her high-school sweetheart, Josh last November, according to My Wedding Wish, a charity that organizes weddings for the terminally ill.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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