Malachi Briggs, younger brother of Duke RB Shaquille Powell, passes away after battle with cancer
Posted Jun 16, 2015
Malachi Briggs, the younger brother of Duke running back Shaquille Powell, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was seven years old. A Wilms tumor—the most common form of kidney cancer in children—was diagnosed Sept. 10, 2014, after Briggs was admitted to Urgent Care with a protrusion under his rib cage.
(Duke Chronicle)
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