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Kevin Richardson encountered tragedy at an early age when his father died from terminal colon cancer. Richardson had moved out of home just before his father became seriously ill. As he told SFGATE, the singer was performing dinner theater by night and working at Disney World during the day, playing characters like Tigger, Aladdin, Sebastian

Kevin Richardson encountered tragedy at an early age when his father died from terminal colon cancer. Richardson had moved out of home just before his father became seriously ill. As he told SFGATE, the singer was performing dinner theater by night and working at Disney World during the day, playing characters like Tigger, Aladdin, Sebastian the Crab, and one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Then, in 1991, his family gave the 19-year-old some bad news.

"Cancer's something that we don't really talk about until it touches our life or our family," he observed in an interview with Sharon Osbourne. "When it was diagnosed, they think that [my dad] had it for about ten years. And once they found it, it was pretty much too late to do anything." The singer also spoke about his reaction to the news: "I was just like, numb. I was in shock." And he urged his fans to spread awareness about colon cancer, adding that the illness didn't receive enough attention.

"Seeing my father, a big, strong, burly man of 6'2" and 215 lbs., just deteriorate in a hospital bed — it was sad and unfortunate," Richardson later told Ability magazine. "I don't want anybody to have to go through that." He also explained that his dad had given him an appreciation for the outdoors and old singers like Dean Martin. "Our father was old-school," the singer reflected. "He was an outdoorsman, a construction worker, a fireman."

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