Hey everyone...this is my friend Dustin Pace. Some knew him as Dusty (or in my and 2 of my friends case, Chester). No, he wasn't a Backstreet fan, he wasn't a fan of any boyband. He was in to heavy metal, alternative, and some rap. He was a really great kid, but he died on Sunday, November 19th, 2000. He died of ewings sarcoma. It is a particularly bad form of cancer, it usually hits males between the age of 12 and 20. The cancer if very painful, and the victims rarely survive. Some people said it was because he smoked pot, or because they say his mom smoked pot in pregnancy. Scientists don't know the cause, they've tried to link to drugs and some other things but they still haven't found a cause. All they know is that it has something to do with chromosones. I think it's that one chromosone is missing in a cell, and another cell has an extra one, but I'm not sure. When Dusty died the cancer had spread all over his body, and it was debatable as to whether or not he was aware of anything in his last days. Dusty was a great kid and I could think of about a million people who deserve to die a hell of a lot more than Dusty. So Dusty...goodbye and may God keep your soul safe in heaven.