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'MasterChef Junior' competitor Ben Watkins dead at 14 after battle with rare illness

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Ben Watkins, a former competitor on "MasterChef Junior," has died. He was 14 years old. The young chef died in a Chicago Children's hospital on Monday, his family's attorney, Trent A.

McCain, told Fox News on Tuesday. Watkins was battling a rare illness known as Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma. Only six people in the world have been diagnosed with it, McCain said.

Watkins competed during season six of the Gordon Ramsay-hosted cooking competition show. Ben Watkins on Season 6 of 'MasterChef Junior.' He has died at the age of 14 after a battle with a rare illness known as Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma.

His death was also announced in a statement from his family on a GoFundMe page. "Our Ben went home to be with his mother Monday.

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