Shannon Tavarez Starred in the Lion King on Broadway

Shannon tavarez starred in The Lion King on Broadway. The girl who starred in The Lion King on Broadway and won the hearts of many celebrities such as Alicia Keys and Rihanna as dead. Shannon Tavarez has lost his fight yesterday afternoon leukemia Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Long Island, New York. Katharina Harf, co-founder of the bone marrow donation center DKMS confirmed the news that 11 years of age, succumbed to his illness despite treatment revolution. Shannon beat hundreds of other candidates in his first open audition to play the role of young Nala in the musical Lion. She divides the role with another girl, but he did four shows a week for six months.

Shannon tavarez scored the umbilical cord, umbilical cord blood transplant in August that called for doctors to save her life. This procedure was chosen over a conventional bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Larry Wolfe, who took care of Shannon, said he would not have found a perfect bone marrow match for young musicians. Finding a match with Shannon was particularly high, because his mother is African-American father and a Spanish Dominican Republic. patients with mixed ancestry is more difficult to find a good bone marrow match because not many people or groups of potential donors registered. According to the National Marrow Donor Program currently has 83 percent African-American patients who need bone marrow transplants are not even matching the search of six months.

Shannon tavarez, Queens, New York, was forced to leave his role in April, Simba’s childhood friend and girlfriend of a long-running show. Perky young person with a big voice made a few famous friends along the way Rihanna, Alicia Keys and 50 Cent campaigns through Shannon to find a matching bone marrow.

They have organized bone marrow drives and encourage people to sign the register. harf lady said that a further 10 000 potential donors were registered for the rescue and said that the list of artists called for fans to register as potential donors. 50 Cent video on YouTube shows him getting her cheek swabbed to become bone marrow donors are encouraged to an outpouring of offers, and more than 3,600 people registered as donors through the network DKMS Americas within a week the video is downloaded. interpreters children from The Lion King and other shows are selling bracelets and key chains, he said ,”Shine-on-Shannon, to raise money to pay medical expenses.

Shannon tavarez had undergone extensive chemotherapy since being diagnosed with leukemia, but last spring, has struggled to settle in the intensive care unit recently. At age 3, attended the School of the Arts in Harlem for voice and piano and made her Broadway debut in September 2009.  Rarely do you meet a girl to drive a  young age, said Harf. “He touched so many people to register. It was very, very special girl. The New York Blood Center, said in a statement: “Shannon’s smile, the extraordinary talent and courage inspire us to continue efforts to  ours. Shannon tavarez starred in The Lion King on Broadway .