'If only love could have saved you' - Tributes paid after tragic loss of 13-year-old Rotherham boy
Tributes have been paid after the tragic loss of a teenage boy following a battle with cancer.
Lennox Griffiths, from Rotherham, sadly passed away at just 13 years old on Thursday, March 26.
The teenager had been undergoing a near year-long battle with a rare form of cancer called chondroblast osteosarcoma, where he persisted through a number of rounds of chemotherapy.
One relative said after heart-breaking passing ‘if only love could have saved you’, while mum Zoe Lindley repeated a phrase she said to both her sons regularly - ‘love you all world’.
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“He battled so hard undergoing many sessions of chemotherapy for months,” another relative, who asked not to be named, told The Star to pay tribute after this tragic passing.
“Within this time his mum Zoe, step-dad Drewy and brother Chanse were with him every step of the way, every appointment, every hospital stay, they were all there.
“Due to Lennox’ chemotherapy it lead to phenomena a couple of times from his immune system being so week, but our boy fought his way back to health.”
In May, 2025, when Lennox was only 12 years old, he went to hospital due to what was though to be a pulled muscle, when he was hit with sudden and excruciating pain.
Tests revealed the cancer and in September the same year, Lennox had his arm amputated in a bid to stop the cancer’s spread.
In November he got the all clear, and went on to live his life to the full, going on a trip to Egypt earlier this year.
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“[On] March 16, their whole lives come crashing down from one simple scan, one simple thing ruined everything,” his relative added.
“All that hard work he put in, was ripped away from him in an instant - his cancer had come back, and it was incurable he was given just weeks to live.
“On March 17 everybody gathered at the Story Teller and everyone talked about their memories with our boy.
“The following days he went home, and he spent time with his favourite people for his upcoming last days.
“On March 26 we was awoken to the sad news of his passing, he was far too precious for this world, he was a loveable rogue and he will be missed dearly by everybody in his family, by his friends and especially by his mum, stepdad and brother.”