News about Angelique Rivera

Erika Diarte-Carr died in Ogden, Utah, on October 11 after a long battle with a highly aggressive form of small cell lung carcinoma, aged just 31. She began planning her own funeral after she was given the devastating diagnosis, and the treatment caused her to rapidly gain extreme amounts of weight (right). Carr hoped to raise $5,000 to pay for it her funeral, but instead thousands of people around the world amassed more than $1.2 million, with all excess funds to be held in trust for her children Jeremiah, 7, and Aaliyah, 5.

Erika Diarte-Carr has passed away after suffering with the terminal small cell lung carcinoma which rapidly took over her body, relatives have confirmed in heart-wrenching social media posts. She intended to raise $5,000 for her children but her plight captured the hearts of thousands of people around the world who donated more than $1 million.

A single mother-of-two in Utah, Erika Diarte-Carr, began planning her own funeral at 30 years old after walking into the emergency room with a 'shoulder injury'. The 33-year-old began preparing her five and seven-year-old children for life without her.