Cancer-stricken 'elf' who helped others, 20, dies

Saturday, January 10, 2004

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Richard Montgomery, a cancer stricken Kansas City man who turned his chance to receive a gift from the Elves of Christmas Present into an opportunity to give instead, has died. He was 20.

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