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MasterChef Junior’ contestant Ben Watkins dead at 14

Former “MasterChef Junior” contestant Ben Watkins lost his battle with a rare form of cancer Monday, according to his family. He was 14.

A family statement on the passing of “MasterChef Junior” contestant Ben Watkins.

Ben, who starred in the reality show’s sixth season in 2018, was undergoing treatment for angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma — a soft tissue tumor — at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, according to TMZ.

“Despite all the pain and sickness Ben went through, he never complained, not once,” his uncle and legal guardian, Anthony Edwards, told the Chicago Tribune.

Edwards said he had been by Ben’s hospital bedside for 18 months, as his nephew was undergoing chemotherapy for tumors in his lung, spine and shoulder.

He had loved working at his father’s restaurant, Big Ben’s Bodacious Barbecue & Deli in Gary, Ind. — which was named after him — and had dreams of opening up his own restaurant and bakery.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who hosts the “MasterChef” series, expressed his condolences to Ben’s family.

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