A 19-year-old White Bear Lake man who defied the odds by making it to his high school graduation has died following a two-year battle with cancer.
Gabe Kessel was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of brain cancer with no known cure in April 2024.
A junior in high school at the time, Gabe had been suffering from what was believed to be headaches. He sought treatment after suffering from a severe headache at a wrestling tournament, and his diagnosis came back as a diffuse midline glioma…