Jenessa Nicole Boey Byers

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Jenessa Nicole "Boey" Byers

Birth
Death
28 Dec 2007 (aged 8)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A little girl who captured thousands of people's hearts when her battle with cancer aired on a nationally-televised show has died.

Jenessa "Boey" Byers, 8, from Corvallis suffered from a rare type of childhood cancer.

She died Friday at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland where doctors were treating her for pneumonia.

This past summer, thousands fell in love with the little girl after the hit show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built the girl's family a new home.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A little girl who captured thousands of people's hearts when her battle with cancer aired on a nationally-televised show has died.

Jenessa "Boey" Byers, 8, from Corvallis suffered from a rare type of childhood cancer.

She died Friday at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland where doctors were treating her for pneumonia.

This past summer, thousands fell in love with the little girl after the hit show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built the girl's family a new home.