Woman buys 26 Gaga tickets, dies of cancer before show date

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From Washington Post: http://wapo.st/2zabDP1

Cancer, as everyone knows, is a beast.

Melissa Anne Dabas battled that monster — triple negative breast cancer, an onerous form of the disease. She had a double mastectomy and punishing rounds of chemo that smacked her with every side effect.

In February, the 42-year-old Virginia mother of two got the thrilling all-clear.

Melissa, a first-rank Lady Gaga Little Monster super-fan who goes to every show, knew how she wanted to celebrate: at Lady Gaga’s D.C. show on Nov. 19.

Not just two seats — a massive party.

She bought 26 tickets right then and there. Eighteen of them box seats, the rest at the 100-level. Her two kids, her husband, the nurses, doctors, everyone who helped her fight cancer would be there.

On Sept. 2, listening to Lady Gaga, she died.

“Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t only affect people who are able to pay,” her husband said. “And this really bothered her. And it was something she never got to do anything about.”

So this is what he came up with. He’s going to keep the Lady Gaga party alive, and some friends and family will go. But he’s raffling off 10 of the primo box seats. And the money will go to help those families Melissa spent her final days with — the folks whose lives are devastated by both the toll and the cost of cancer.

The raffle will establish the Melissa Anne Dabas Charitable Trust, which will fund the Winchester Medical Center Foundation’s Angel Fund. That helps those families deal with nonmedical expenses. Tickets may be purchased online at valleyhealthlink.com/raffle or by calling 540-536-4736.

This is heartbreaking, R.I.P Melissa. Is it possible to reach out to Gaga for her to see this story? It’d be really amazing to honor her in some way.

[jayzer 2,507]

This is so sad i hope gaga will see this

[DeanWinchester 41,390]

Damn, I hope she and her family and friends find their peace and solace

[Sailor 3,321]

She will be there in spirit, bopping to John Wayne.

[Jinzo 9,639]

7 minutes ago, gag said:

On Sept. 2, listening to Lady Gaga, she died.

This broke my heart. She's on the edge of glory now

R.i.p  paws up forever

[weed 73,932]

Omg I wanna cry after reading that

Rest in Peace to that angelic monster. I hope her loved ones can cope and it would be really touching if Gaga mentioned it during the show.

[Edonis 28,950]

I hope Gaga sees this and mentions her name

[littlepotter 75,147]

this is so heartbreaking and kind of beautiful but i don't know why  i hope her family recovers

[Rifek 51,753]

OMG 

R.I.P.

[Rifek 51,753]

17 minutes ago, gag said:

On Sept. 2, listening to Lady Gaga, she died.

This broke me 

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Just now, Kefir said:

This broke me 

I low key wanna know which one tho 

 

rip! This is a wonderful and tragic story all at once, but the best thing is that she went out doing exactly what she loved. 

[OBEY 57,109]

TWEET THIS TO GAGA!!!

[Rifek 51,753]

2 minutes ago, Doot said:

I low key wanna know which one tho 

 

rip! This is a wonderful and tragic story all at once, but the best thing is that she went out doing exactly what she loved. 

Imagine if it was The Cure or Grigio Girls 

[Morphine Prince 106,210]

This is so sad oh my God.  

I hope everyone in her life is coping well and have a blast at the concert. 

[Katie14 4,828]

That's awful. In attending that concert in dc btw.