[News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Return to Texas]

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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. It provides an update about the case of Mitchell Rawlinson, a boy with leukemia, whose family raised money for a procedure in Seattle, but who suffered complications and wanted to return to Texas as his final wish.

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1 videocassette (Umatic) (2 min., 10 sec.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) December 9, 1979, 10:00 p.m.

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  • Main Title: [News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Return to Texas]
  • Added Title: Leukemia Boy
  • Series Title: NBC News Clips

Description

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. It provides an update about the case of Mitchell Rawlinson, a boy with leukemia, whose family raised money for a procedure in Seattle, but who suffered complications and wanted to return to Texas as his final wish.

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1 videocassette (Umatic) (2 min., 10 sec.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

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Mitchell passed away December 16, 1979.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection (AR0776), University of North Texas Special Collections

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

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[News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Medical Expenses] (Video)

[News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Medical Expenses]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Mitchell Rawlinson, who is 12 years old and has leukemia. The story focuses on his family's inability to pay for the travel expenses to Seattle for the surgery Mitchell needs.

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[News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Medical Expenses], ark:/67531/metadc1083383

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  • December 9, 1979, 10:00 p.m.

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  • May 5, 2018, 4:44 p.m.

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  • July 10, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Mitchell Rawlinson Return to Texas], video, December 9, 1979, 10:00 p.m.; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1134643/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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