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Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, has sought to channel grief
over his older sister’s death from lung cancer into greater public awareness of
the killing disease.
On Friday, the
45th birthday of Andrea Villalba washer spoke of the grace and beauty of the
house of fellow sister. Villalba suffocation. Many members of the house was visibly
moved.
Villalba, 42, said his sister was a bright smile and was given the nickname "Sweet Andy." He was a specialist in marketing in Southwest Airlines and wife and the mother of a young son, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on 1 January 2012. Villalba said that she misses her every day.
"My sister was a non-smoker," he said. "Beaten in the prime of his life. Was in the form, it worked. This can happen to anyone."
Villalba said the victim of lung cancer survival at five years is 20 percent.
He urged his colleagues to contribute bracelet and Support Lung Cancer Awareness Day. In a separate decision Villalba, Texas House official said on Friday Lung Cancer Awareness Day.
Villalba, 42, said his sister was a bright smile and was given the nickname "Sweet Andy." He was a specialist in marketing in Southwest Airlines and wife and the mother of a young son, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on 1 January 2012. Villalba said that she misses her every day.
"My sister was a non-smoker," he said. "Beaten in the prime of his life. Was in the form, it worked. This can happen to anyone."
Villalba said the victim of lung cancer survival at five years is 20 percent.
He urged his colleagues to contribute bracelet and Support Lung Cancer Awareness Day. In a separate decision Villalba, Texas House official said on Friday Lung Cancer Awareness Day.