Jacob Thompson

• Jacob Thompson, boy who celebrated Christmas early, dies of cancer

  Thompson was hospitalized in Portland, Maine, in October after a four-year battle with Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma. Doctors had told his family the child had only a month to live.

  World

  Nov 20, 2017
  
• ‘You are a Jedi’: Star Wars set decorator sends gift to terminally ill boy

  At his Toronto-area home, Academy Award designer and filmmaker Roger Christian prepares a package to send to a young boy he has never met in Portland, Maine.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2017
  
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• 9-year-old Jacob Thompson asks for cards to help celebrate his ‘last Christmas’ early

  In the five days since Jacob made his Christmas wish, the family has received over 100 cards from all around the world — even Antarctica.

  Lifestyle

  Nov 4, 2017