Hughie Higginson

Birthday April 27, 2010

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Burnley, England

Age 13 years old

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About

Winner of the Prize of Britain award in 2021. He gained awareness after he and his friend Hughie Higginson raised £220,000 for the Manchester Children's Hospital to help with his leukemia treatment. 

Before Fame

He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September 2020 when he was ten years old. At that point, he began a three-year treatment.

Trivia

In 2020, he was scheduled to do a fundraiser walk but was too ill to participate. His friend Higginson decided to create his own fundraiser and walked two kilometers a day for the 50 days before Christmas.  

Family Life

He is from Manchester, England. 

Associated With

He was interviewed on Good Morning Britain with Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid.