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The cancer-stricken girl who inspired RIHANNA and KELLY ROWLAND to issue = emotional appeals for bone marrow donors has lost her battle with leukaem= ia.
Six-year-old Jasmina Anema captured the hearts of the public as she bra= vely fought a rare and deadly form of the disease.
Anema was diagnosed with the illness in January, 2009 and befriended th= e singers as they called on fans to register as bone marrow donors to hel= p find a potential match.
A suitable donor was found and the youngster received a bone marrow tra= nsplant last year (09).
But she was admitted to New York University’s Langone Medical Center on= Monday night (25Jan10), suffering from fevers and shortness of breath.
She was subsequently diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and passed = away on Wednesday night (27Jan10), reports People.com.
Her mother Thea Anema confirmed the tragic news in a posting on the Car= ing Bridge blog she had set up to keep the public informed of Jasmina’s p= rogress, writing: "Jasmina lost her fight against leukaemia." (JMA/WNWCPL=

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