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| Stephen Sutton reaches £1m cancer charity target | Stephen Sutton reaches £1m cancer charity target |
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| A teenage blogger with terminal cancer has raised £1m for charity and posted a final message to his followers. | |
| Stephen Sutton, 19, from Burntwood, in Staffordshire, was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 15 and started raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. | Stephen Sutton, 19, from Burntwood, in Staffordshire, was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 15 and started raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. |
| On Tuesday, he posted on Facebook: "It's a final thumbs up from me! I think this is just one hurdle too far." | On Tuesday, he posted on Facebook: "It's a final thumbs up from me! I think this is just one hurdle too far." |
| Reacting to news that the total had passed £1m, Stephen tweeted "thank you all so much". | Reacting to news that the total had passed £1m, Stephen tweeted "thank you all so much". |
| "The whole situation is just breathtaking in many ways!!" he added. | "The whole situation is just breathtaking in many ways!!" he added. |
| Dozens of people responded with their congratulations, including one who described Stephen as a "true inspiration", while another said he had "changed thousands of people's lives". | Dozens of people responded with their congratulations, including one who described Stephen as a "true inspiration", while another said he had "changed thousands of people's lives". |
| A day earlier he told his thousands of friends and followers on Facebook that it would be his last post and any further updates would be from family members. | A day earlier he told his thousands of friends and followers on Facebook that it would be his last post and any further updates would be from family members. |
| He wrote: "It's a shame the end has come so suddenly. There's so many people I haven't got round to properly thank or say goodbye to. Apologies for that. | He wrote: "It's a shame the end has come so suddenly. There's so many people I haven't got round to properly thank or say goodbye to. Apologies for that. |
| "I will continue fighting for as long as I can, and whatever happens next I want you all to know I am currently in a good place mentally and at ease with the situation. | |
| "That's it from me. But life has been good. Very good." | |
| Tuesday's messages prompted people to pledge more than £250,000 overnight with a further £200,000 coming in on Wednesday morning. | Tuesday's messages prompted people to pledge more than £250,000 overnight with a further £200,000 coming in on Wednesday morning. |
| Comedian Jason Manford was among a number of celebrities who supported Stephen's fundraising over recent months. | |
| He described the 19-year-old as "inspirational". | |
| "He told me it was terminal [cancer]. You would think he would be depressed by it," Mr Manford said. | |
| "He's not bitter about leaving the party early, he's just happy that he was invited to the party at all. | |
| "At the age of 19 he's done more in the past few years than some people do in a lifetime." | |
| Stephen used a bucket list featuring things he wanted to accomplish before he died to help raise funds and give other people the motivation to "enjoy life". | |
| It included playing the drums in front of 90,000 people, hugging an elephant and getting a tattoo. | It included playing the drums in front of 90,000 people, hugging an elephant and getting a tattoo. |