Pine family works to carry on legacy of son lost to cancer
Courtesy of the Cochran family
Christian Cochran at the lighthouse at Presque Isle State Park a few days after he was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer on Aug. 26, 2020. Cochran was 23 when he died on Sept. 1, 2021.
Courtesy of Kevin Chan
Christian Cochran played King Charlemange in “Pippin,” the spring musical at Pine-Richland High School during his junior year in 2015. A scholarship in Cochran’s memory is open to seniors who have been members of the cast or crew of the school’s fall plays or spring musicals.
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Christian Anthony Cochran
Courtesy of the Cochran family
An artist’s rendering of a prayer and waterscape garden being built in memory of Christian Cochran at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church on 21st Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The garden is a gift to the church from the Christian Cochran Legacy Fund.
