I remember watching this movie when it came on while I was in high school, and the one and a half series of the television show that followed. The actor that played Jason “Q.T.” McKnight died in… I want to say, 2001? And he was a few years older than me, so he should be in his early forties and definitely should still be here.
As a matter of fact, I even own the book that he co-wrote with his grandmother about his cancer journey.