Charlie Capalbo, the Fairfield man whose multiple cancer fights inspired the community and the hockey world near and far, died Sunday. He was 23.
Capalbo’s aunt Rebecca Jarit shared the news in a Facebook post. Family friend John McCormick confirmed the news. McCormick organized a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $500,000 since 2017, as well as a welcome home parade this past December.
In her post Jarit wrote, “After five years and 745 nights spent in hospitals, let’s just say that one got by Charlie in the 4th overtime today. He passed away at 3:00pm, exactly one month before his 24th birthday.
“While this loss is heartbreaking, Charlie, his family, friends, neighbors, community friends, doctors, nurses, technicians, clinical assistants, child life specialists, valet team, cafeteria, administrative and maintenance folks, volunteers, and security team, etc. all went way…
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