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My best friend died of cancer. I was 11. | Throwback Thursday

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Imagine the summer with your best friend: bike rides, popsicles, dance moves to B2K tracks. This is what Malcolm’s life was like with his cousin, Jackie, until a phone call changed everything.

“Throwback Thursday” is a series that explores the truth that lives beneath our childhood memories. In this docuseries, adults take a look back at their younger years. What begins as a trip down memory lane, ends in a heart-opening examination of what was really going on behind the trapper keepers and the bubble yum.

Malcolm is a director of photography. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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