Stephen Sutton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Sutton
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Dec 16, 1994(1994-12-16)
Age	30
Date Of Death	2014-05-14
Birthplace	Burntwood
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Stephen Sutton Biography

Stephen Sutton is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on December 16, 1994 in Burntwood, England, United Kingdom. In the news because of the Stephen’s Story weblog and for his fundraising efforts for the Teenage Cancer Trust, this activist and writer had been diagnosed as having advanced cancer of the colon when at just 15 years old. older.

English comic English comedian Jason Manford was one of Sutton’s major financial backers during Sutton’s Teenage Cancer Trust campaign. was one of the major financiers during the Sutton Teenage Cancer Trust campaign.

Sutton was born on 16 December 1994, and attended Highfields Primary School and secondary school ‘Chase Terrace Technology College’ in his home town of Burntwood, Staffordshire. During his youth, Sutton was a very active child, participating in sports and athletics, particularly long-distance running and football; he was at one point a trialist at Walsall F.C., and set a record in under-15 400 m at his school.

Stephen Robert Sutton, MBE (16 December 1994 – 14 May 2014), was an English blogger and charity activist known for his blog Stephen’s Story and his fundraising efforts for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity for the aid of teenagers with cancer. By the second anniversary of his death, £5.5 million had been raised in his memory.

The family was raised and born within Burntwood, Staffordshire, England The boy was involved throughout his early teenage and childhood time in the game of football (soccer) as well as track.

Stephen Sutton Net Worth

Stephen Sutton is one of the richest Activist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Sutton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the top student of his class at Chase Terrace Technology College in Staffordshire, England; before discovering that the cancer is incurable He had made an application for the medical program at Cambridge University.

When he was diagnosed the cancer was Stage 3B. Two years later, the cancer had spread into the lungs and liver and was later determined to be incurable.

Sutton, like his father Andy, had Lynch syndrome, a genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer. The elder Sutton had surgery to remove part of his intestine after a cancer diagnosis in 1989. Twenty years later, he had another tumour removed, and a second course of chemotherapy, receiving an all-clear only months before Stephen was first diagnosed. Doctors initially diagnosed Stephen with constipation and prescribed laxatives, despite Andy’s insistence that there was a risk of colorectal cancer in the family; he was repeatedly told that teenagers were too young to have the illness. In his final interview, Sutton confessed that he had a degree of “anger” towards the amount of time taken for his cancer diagnosis, but would not lament it.

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“I met with Stephen a year ago at Wembley, I couldn’t believe how committed he was to following his dream – being part of the 400 drummers we had last year for the opening ceremony. I remember on the eve of the ceremony, his knee was hurting him so bad that he couldn’t walk without crutches. He was watching the dress rehearsal from the stands with a constant smile on his face and told me: ‘Don’t worry Julien, tomorrow I’ll be there whatever it takes!’ Indeed, he took a double dose of painkillers and performed with all his passion for our ceremony. Stephen inspired me. I’m so proud to have met you and to have been even just a small part of your story”.

Facts & Trivia

Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Stephen Sutton celebrates birthday on December 16 of every year.

After his diagnosis, Sutton began participating in charity events with the Teenage Cancer Trust, and later started his own website and blog in January

2013. At the same time, he began fundraising for the trust, with an initial goal of £10,000. Following unexpected support, the goal was raised to £100,000 and £500,000 the same year, before being raised to £1,000,000 in March 2014 and went over the £4,000,000 mark by the end of May 2014. During his fundraising campaign, Sutton was supported by several celebrities, most notably Jimmy Carr, Jonathan Ross and Jason Manford. Manford donated £10,000 and gave all the turnover from his own comedy clubs for the entire month of May to the charity. Following Sutton’s hospitalisation in April 2014, Manford became the unofficial spokesperson for the charity, appearing in interviews promoting the cause. He also launched the campaign “#thumbsupforStephen”, asking people to share selfies of themselves promoting the campaign.

Top Facts about Stephen Sutton

1. Stephen Sutton was a British teenage cancer activist.
2. He raised over £5 million for charity before his death.
3. His fundraising efforts were supported by celebrities and politicians.
4. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 15.
5. His positive attitude inspired millions around the world.
6. He received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2014.
7. His legacy continues through the Stephen Sutton Foundation.
8. He passed away on May 14, 2014 at age 19.
9. His story has been shared widely on social media and news outlets.
10. He remains an inspiration to many fighting cancer and other illnesses.

What did Stephen Sutton accomplish?

On 4 May, Sutton helped break the Guinness World Record for ‘The most number of people making heart-shaped hand gestures’ , with 554 people at Chase Terrace Technology College. In September 2014, £2.9 million of the £4.96 million raised was invested in specialist cancer units for young people at seven British hospitals.

What is Stephens story?

@_StephensStory. #StephensStory is the inspirational story of Stephen Sutton who whilst living with ‘incurable’ cancer raised over £5.8 million to date for. @TeenageCancerTrust. .

How much money did Stephen Sutton raise?

Stephen remained positive and determined to make a difference, inspiring tens of thousands of supporters across the globe, right up until his death in May

2014. To date Stephen’s story has raised over £5.5 million for young people facing cancer.