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Bill Anderson singing a beautiful song 'Papaw's Sunday Boots! which he co-wrote with Joshua Ragsdale, a promising songwriter who lost his battle with leukemia at only 32. Joshua Ragsdale endured debilitating chemotherapy and a string of worst-case health scenarios. A marrow transplant scheduled for spring was cancelled when the anonymous donor backed out. The man later agreed to the non-invasive, blood-draw procedure, but by then Joshua Ragsdale had contracted brain cancer that required further chemotherapy, the donor then backed out a final time.
blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/07/01/songwriter-joshua-ragsdale-dies-at-32
Bill Anderson singing a beautiful song 'Papaw's Sunday Boots! which he co-wrote with Joshua Ragsdale, a promising songwriter who lost his battle with leukemia at only 32. Joshua Ragsdale endured debilitating chemotherapy and a string of worst-case health scenarios. A marrow transplant scheduled for spring was cancelled when the anonymous donor backed out. The man later agreed to the non-invasive, blood-draw procedure, but by then Joshua Ragsdale had contracted brain cancer that required further chemotherapy, the donor then backed out a final time.
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