Talbott Cancer Center: It Will Save Lives

Posted Oct 26, 2017
Administrators at Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount planned to build a cancer treatment center that could serve northeastern North Carolina. They were brainstorming ideas to raise funds when the name Danny Talbott came up. Talbott: Three-sport standout at Rocky Mount High who went on to star as quarterback for the Tar Heels...and a survivor of multiple myeloma. (Carolina Lettermen)

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