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Ben Breedlove

Benjamin Breedlove (1993 – December 25, 2011) was an American teenager from Austin, Texas known for his YouTube videos. He died on Christmas day of 2011 from a cardiac arrest after posting a video entitled "This is my story" which became viral over the Internet. Using cue cards as a visual aid, he explained about his heart condition, as well as how it impacted his life.

Breedlove was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at an early age, a heart muscle disease which made impairs his heart from pumping blood, ultimately leading to cardiac arrests.

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