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Erika Diarte-Carr of Utah has lived most of her life in comparative obscurity. But as she approaches death at the age of 33, she has become known to thousands of strangers who have turned a GoFundMe that sought $5,000 for her funeral into a phenomenon of giving that has seen her crowdfunding appeal top $1.1 million as of Wednesday with more than 37,000 donations. “It happened overnight. I never expected that,” she said, according to KTVX-TV. “I never expected to have a big funeral service, or a lot of people reach out and help me. With the way it’s went, I’m just in shock … just very grateful …

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