Basketball player Justin Hardy dies of cancer at 22

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Washington University student-athlete Justin Hardy died of stomach cancer Sunday morning after a year in which he refused to allow a stage 4 diagnosis to get in the way of his goals.

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Justin Hardy

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Hardy, who is from St. Charles, Illinois, was 22.

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