]Zach Sobiech, the aspiring young artist who recorded “Clouds,” an inspirational song which dealt with his battle against a rare and terminal form of cancer, has succumbed to his illness.
Sobiech, who was just 18, finally lost his battle this week with Osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. But not before his song went viral and turned the youngster into a global role model for others battling serious illness.
Sobiech’s friends had a common wish to see “Clouds” hit one million views before he passed away. When Billboard reported on Sobiech and his brave battle last December, "Clouds" was closing-in on 300,000 views on YouTube. Today, the track has clocked-up almost 3.66 million hits.
In 2009, at aged 14, Sobiech was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma. Several operations and bouts of chemotherapy followed, but in May 2012 his doctors told him that the cancer had spread and that he only had a few months to live.