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David Beckham calls dying Canadian fan

TORONTO, Jan 31 (Reuters Life!) - While the soccer world buzzed over David Beckham's $250 million signing with the Los Angeles Galaxy, the former England captain quietly stepped away from the frenzy to call a young Canadian dying of cancer.

Beckham, who has three young sons, stunned the Johnstone family of Hamilton, Ontario who picked up the phone on January 17 to hear a stranger asking to talk to their 19-year-old daughter Rebecca, a soccer player and huge Beckham fan.

Johnstone's mother, Brenda, told local newspaper the Hamilton Spectator that she informed the caller that her daughter was going through a particularly difficult time after battling cancer for three years and was sleeping.

But when the stranger, who offered to call back at a better time, revealed his identity as the world famous soccer player she rushed to wake up her daughter who badly needed a boost.

The two chatted away, according to the Spectator, with their conversation ending with Johnstone wishing the Real Madrid midfielder good luck this season.

A few days after their talk, Johnstone received an autographed Real Madrid jersey and an offer to reach out to him if ever she needed anything.

Johnstone died on Monday, January 29.

The Johnstone family told the Spectator that news of their daughter's death had reached Beckham, who passed along his regrets.

"His thoughts are with the family at this time," Beckham's spokesperson Simon Oliveira told the Spectator.

Beckham's gesture and Johnstone's brave struggle triggered an outpouring of support across hockey-mad Canada where news of her death made the front of page of sports sections and was reported on radio and television.
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I have to say, that's pretty cool of him.

thats pretty awesome

as much as i dislike the guy i like this move. i wish more atletes would do things like this.

i dont know, famous athlete calls girl and she dies.

maybe i should have him call some of my enemies.

that was a pretty cool thing of him to do

being a typical, non-soccer fan american i have to ask why you dislike him? from the little i've seen/heard of him, he's given me the impression that he isn't a bad guy.

he calls people and they die, hes like the fucking movie the ring, only come to life. how on gods green earth are you going to like that?

David Beckham is a class act, and he always has been. People hate him because he's a pretty boy and gets too much attention because of his looks.

Didn't he cheat on his wife with their nanny?

Nice thing to do, but his football never impressed me at all.

he doesnt play football duh, he plays soccer

That's what the nanny said... after she had hundreds of thousands of dollars waved in her face by tabloid journalists.

I have no specific reason, and not being from England I don't know all the details of his life. I hate Real Madrid and Zidane and Ronaldo and how the owner tried to buy all the best players to win championships. Very similar to the Yankees. He ended up on a team I hate and he is disliked by association. Then he moves to LA and I feel it is more so he can look good again in soccer since he is not playing like a top European player. He comes to the USA and he is a man among men again, but its not because he is good its because they are so bad here. But he has to do what he has to do to be happy and pay his bills. He shouldnt worry about if I like or dislike him.