re: Not Well Known Celebrity Deaths

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In August 1997, Thomas was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer, intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor. She underwent surgery to remove a lemon-sized tumor shortly before landing her Young and the Restless role in the spring of 1998. Then in October 1998, Thomas underwent surgery after a second cancerous growth ruptured. After being released from the hospital, Thomas flew home to New Jersey to spend Thanksgiving with her family. On December 22 or 23, Thomas died surrounded by her family and friends in New York City at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, at the age of 29 or 30. On December 26, a Muslim funeral service was held, as Thomas had requested. She was buried in Montclair, New Jersey, near her home.

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