Last year, Roybal high school coach Danny O'Fallon led the school to its first-ever city basketball championship. All while battling stage four colon cancer.

Sadly, O'Fallon lost his battle with cancer and passed away at the age of 49.

LA Times' Eric Sondheimer wrote about this courageous coach who taught his players so much more than basketball.

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