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Ben Watkins Dies: ‘MasterChef Junior’ Star Was 14

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Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsBen Watkins, known for gracing the MasterChef Junior stage with his skill and culinary knowledge, has died.

He was 14.The season six MasterChef Junior contestant died Monday after a year-and-a-half long battle against cancer, Watkins’ relatives shared on social media via attorney Trent McCain.

His passing comes less than five months after his angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma diagnosis and nearly three years after his parents died in a murder-suicide.“After losing both his parents in September 2017, we have marveled at Ben’s strength, courage and love for life,” the aspiring chef’s grandmother and uncle wrote. “He never, ever complained.

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