Friends of Gavin Lanes, a 20-year-old man from Quesnel who passed away on May 14, have started a Twitter campaign to tell Taylor Swift about the death of one of her biggest fans.
Sam Vandeyck, LanesB次元官网网址� boyfriend, and Natasha Lepine, a close friend of Lanes, started the campaign.
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Gavin was supposed to see his ultimate favourite musician play live today in Seattle. Instead, this beautiful boy was taken away just over a week ago. , please, play "Red" in dedication to Gavin Earl Lanes; a friend, a lover, and such a light to those he touched.
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Lanes was living and working in Prince George when he died earlier this month. He was supposed to attend SwiftB次元官网网址檚 concert in Seattle on May 22. Lepine says: B次元官网网址淚 wanted to do something. I wanted him to be part of that concert B次元官网网址� or part of a concert of Taylor SwiftB次元官网网址檚, you know, in some shape or form.B次元官网网址�
Some of the tweets requested that Swift dedicate the song B次元官网网址淩edB次元官网网址� to Lanes at her Seattle concert. Since that concert has passed, the friends have said theyB次元官网网址檇 just like Swift to acknowledge LanesB次元官网网址� life in one way or another.
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Other friends have rallied around the Twitter campaign.
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Swift frequently makes the news for going out of her way to surprise her fans. Just this month, the pop star when she surprised a young fan, who had been unable to make it to her concert, at a hospital in Arizona.
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Vandeyck says that Lanes had always admired Swift. He thinks that an acknowledgment from Swift will help to keep LanesB次元官网网址� memory alive.
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Vandeyck and Lepine both described Lanes as a warm, lighthearted person who lit up the room whenever he entered one.
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B次元官网网址淗e was just so comfortable with where he was at. And you would feel that comfort when you were around him. You would open up so easily to him. I donB次元官网网址檛 remember when we became friends, I just remember that suddenly we were friends and he was around all the time,B次元官网网址� says Lepine.
She adds that anyone who would like to can make a donation to the Remembering Gavin Lanes fund at any Integris Credit Union. All the proceeds go to at-risk youth in Quesnel.
