Fox Chase Forward - Spring/Summer 2017

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DAN RICH USED HIS VOICE IN MANY ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE: as a husband, father, entrepreneur, coach, musician, and friend. He was someone who was passionate and vocal about his beliefs. In 2008, he was diagnosed with an aggressive stage IV throat cancer arising in his tonsil. He underwent chemotherapy, radiation, neck dissection surgery, and lymph node removal. However, the cancer returned in 2011 and this time had spread to his voice box, requiring Roland its removal. Surgeons reconstructed his pharynx so that he Dunbrack could eat, and he had to breathe through a hole in his neck. However, the most difficult part for Dan was losing his voice. SPRING 2017 FOX CHASE FORWARD

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