Medical personnel, friends and family are teaming up to honor Allyson Anderson, the late Taylor Swift super fan who received the singer’s “22” hat during the Eras Tour stop in Cincinnati .
Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer , in 2018. After relapsing five times, the native of the Columbus suburb of Sunbury died at 16 years old on Nov. 13, 2023. Her mother, Patty Anderson, is now honoring her legacy by advocating for better funding toward childhood cancer research.
“I made a promise to Ally to continue to be her voice; to fight for our kids and families who have been impacted by childhood cancer,” Patty Anderson, who works as a nurse practitioner, wrote in an email to The Enquirer…