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Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
Given only weeks to live, Reece Fleming proposed to his 'special friend' Elleanor Purgslove at a laser tag party.
After she accepted, their parents arranged a make-believe wedding at Reece's home in Mackworth, Derby. He died the next day with his family.
Reece's mother Lorraine Fleming said he told her, "I can go now" after his wish had been granted.
The 28-year-old said: ""He was so proud of her, and we were proud of them both."
Reece was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2004, when he was aged just four.
He fought the disease for four years until May when doctors told him he had just weeks to live.
Ms Fleming, said she and his stepfather Mick Thompson had tried to help him achieve as much as possible before his death, including marrying his sweetheart.
"When we found out that we only had a few weeks with him we tried to do absolutely everything with him that we could.
"Him and Ellie had been 'special friends' for a couple of years but then they broke up.
"We said we'd have a pirate party, and Ellie came. She went to visit Reece a few times in hospital as well.
She added: "We also had a football and laser quest party, apparently that's when he proposed to her."
The pair went out to dinner in the mayor's limousine and the families organised a 'wedding', complete with rings, a stand-in vicar and a certificate.
The ceremony was carried out on July 4 and the following day Reece died at home with his family and a Macmillan nurse.
At his funeral, mourners followed a horse-drawn hearse on foot.
Ms Fleming added: "Even on the Saturday that he died, he got out of bed and walked to the sofa.
"He always tried walking, right to the end, so we thought if he walked for us then we would walk for him."
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donegal419
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
OMG....that is soooo sweet!
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
OMG 
My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family 
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june262004
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
How sad. It's just not fare that children who haven't lived life yet are taken away.
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
what a sweet, sad story 
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That's so touching!
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
omg that is just --wow. there are no words...
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SweetTooth
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
That is so heartbreaking.. sweet and incredibly sad at the same time.
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Aww. 
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
bittersweet.
Bless his little soul, may he rest in peace.
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That is such a sweet story.
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Posted by SweetTooth
That is so heartbreaking.. sweet and incredibly sad at the same time.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
That is so sad.......I am sitting here with tears running down my face.
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There are just no words...
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
I This child went to heaven knowing love and peace in his heart. G-d bless him and his family and his "wife." May he rest in eternal peace.
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
Posted by turkeybaby
That is so sad.......I am sitting here with tears running down my face.
me too
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curliegirl
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
God, I can't even read the whole thing.....really I can't.....
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mommy2bella
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Re: Dying eight-year-old 'marries' his school sweetheart
what an amazing and sad story.
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