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Veteran dies getting wish of seeing ‘Star Wars’ movie
BEDFORD, N.H. – An Air Force veteran whose wish to see the new “Star Wars” movie has died, but not before seeing the movie.
The family of 69-year-old Ron Villemaire, a self-described “Star Wars” junkie from New Hampshire, says he died on Monday.
Darth Vader and Chewbacca visited Villemaire last month before firefighters transported him to a movie theatre where a hospital bed was set up for him.
Medics were on hand while he and family and friends had a private showing of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”
His daughter says Star Wars movie marathons were a family tradition and that the family Christmas tree was decorated with “Star Wars”-themed ornaments.
Villemaire was suffering from cancer and died at a nursing home in Bedford, New Hampshire.
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