Thursday, January 9, 2014

Sonoma County’s Flu Victim, ‘Matty’ Walker, Was Just 23

When he posed for a Facebook picture in his hospital room on December 26th, Matthew “Matty” Walker of Santa Rosa thought he had pneumonia. It turns out it was much more serious: the H1N1 flu virus.

Doctors tried to save him. But he never recovered. He died Wednesday at the age of 23.
Walker was a graduate of El Molino High School in Forestville. He was an avid skateboarder and musician who played the harmonica and saxophone and worked two jobs.

Read full article at CBS San Francisco

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