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August 18th, 2011
09:42 PM ET

9 year-old said 'I love you' to mom before succumbing to deadly amoeba

Brooke is joined by heartbroken mother Amber Strickland, whose son recently died of meningitis on August 5th. Health officials have recently confirmed that a deadly amoeba, already blamed for the death of another teenager earlier this month, was the cause of his illness.


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