A man who won $1 million in the New York lottery died weeks after claiming his prize

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  Donald Savastano, a 51-year-old self-employed carpenter
  who won a $1 million lottery prize in New York last month, died
  weeks after claiming his prize.
  


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  When he claimed his winnings in early January, the
  Queens native told reporters "This is going to change our lives
  to tell you the truth."
  


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  Among the several things Savastano said he would do, he
  planned to go to the doctor. A local news report said he had
  been unable to see a doctor before his big windfall. He soon
  learned that he had stage four brain and lung cancer, the
  report said.
  

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A 51-year-old man who won a $1 million lottery prize in New York
last month died weeks after claiming the money,
WABC reported on Wednesday.

Donald Savastano had been a self-employed carpenter who couldn't
afford to go to the doctor, the report said. During a local news
interview on the day he claimed his winnings, Savastano told
reporters "This is going to change our lives to tell you the
truth."

Among several things Savastano said he wanted to do — like buying
a new truck and possibly going on vacation — he also went to the
doctor. According to WABC, Savastano soon learned that he had
stage four brain and lung cancer. Daneille Scott, a clerk who
worked at the store where Savastano bought the winning ticket
told WABC, "He had a friend come and talk to me and they told me
that he was very sick," Scott said. "They didn't think he was
going to make it."

Savastano died soon after, on January 26.

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