Alicia Keys and Rihanna help sick Broadway star
Alicia Keys and Rihanna have both spoken out to try and help find 11 year-old cancer-stricken actress Shannon Tavarez a bone marrow transplant.
Tavarez, who stars as Nala in the Broadway musical production of the Lion King was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia in April.
Now the two singers have lent their support to the campaign to help find a transplant donor for the young performer.
“For her, the sky is the limit but now she’s fighting for her life,” Keys, who is five months pregnant, told People.
The Fallin’ singer visited Tavarez earlier this month at the Long Island hospital where she is receiving daily chemotherapy treatments.
“Tavarez should be performing on Broadway but is confined to her bed, fighting for her life,” Rihanna added.
“She needs to find a bone marrow donor to survive. I urge all my fans to register as donors. It’s the most beautiful thing someone could do, to give the gift of life.”
Source: Splash News
