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Ben Watkins dead: Masterchef Junior star dies at 14 after cancer battle

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Masterchef Junior star Ben Watkins has died at the age of 14. He had been undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago when he died on Monday, his family have confirmed.

Ben competed in Season 6 of the Gordon Ramsay hosted cooking competition when he was 11 years old and became a fan favourite.

Gordon and Ben's fellow Masterchef Junior stars sent the youngster a special video message earlier this year after hearing about his health battle and helped raise donations for a GoFundME page.

Tragic Ben was just 13 when he was diagnosed with a soft tissue tumour. His family said Ben was one of six people in the entire world to be diagnosed with Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma.

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