'Lion King' Cast, Crew Helping Out Young Star: ; Girl Who Plays Nala Needs Bone Marrow Transplant, but a Good Match Hasn't Been Found
Charleston Daily Mail › July 23, 2010
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NEW YORK - Eleven-year-old actress Shannon Tavarez should have been belting out songs in her starring role as Young Nala in Broadway's "The Lion King."
Instead, the 78-pound actress lay curled on a hospital bed as a doctor injected her spine with her first dose of chemotherapy.See the full content of this document
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'Lion King' Cast, Crew Helping Out Young Star: ; Girl Who Plays Nala Needs Bone Marrow Transplant, but a Good Match Hasn't Been Found
Earlier that day in April, her doctor had first said "leukemia." That was when the young star's big acting dreams were overtaken by a bigger one: survival.
Shannon wil...See the full content of this document
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