1. Zachary David Sobiech was an American singer-songwriter and musician from Lakeland, Minnesota, who was a member of the band A Firm Handshake.
10 Facts About Zach Sobiech
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Zach Sobiech's philosophy was that in his last days of life due to his cancer, he needed to make people happy.
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At age 14, Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that mostly affects children.
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Zach Sobiech recorded the song "Clouds" about his battle with cancer, and released it as a YouTube video in December 2012.
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Zach Sobiech died on May 20,2013, of complications from osteosarcoma, at his home in Lakeland, an eastern suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, seventeen days after his 18th birthday.
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Zach Sobiech's funeral was held at the Catholic Church of St Michael and he was later buried in St Michael's Cemetery.
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Rainn Wilson's YouTube channel SoulPancake released a documentary about Zach Sobiech, directed by director-actor Justin Baldoni, a part of its online reality series, My Last Days.
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The 22-minute episode of My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech has been watched more than 15.6 million times on the main SoulPancake YouTube channel.
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On December 5,2013, a choir of an estimated 5,000 sang Zach Sobiech's hit song "Clouds" at the Mall of America.
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Zach's mother Laura Sobiech wrote a memoir about his life, Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way.