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Gainesville man in hospice has battled through COVID-19

Rickey Hedger and daughter Jessica Leach on her wedding day. Hedger of Gainesville has recovered from COVID-19 even as he lies in hospice dying from liver cancer, says Leach. Photo Courtesy Jessica Leach

04182020 HEDGER 1.jpg — Rickey Hedger and daughter Jessica Leach on her wedding day. Hedger of Gainesville has recovered from COVID-19 even as he lies in hospice dying from liver cancer, says Leach. Photo Courtesy Jessica Leach

A smoker for five decades who is now in hospice battling liver cancer, Rickey Hedger should have been another grim COVID-19 statistic.