A Massachusetts boy who received more than 150,000 letters and packages after requesting 'a box of cards' for his sixth birthday has died after his battle with a rare brain tumor. Danny Nickerson, six, who loved to receive mail, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in October 2013. Last July, his birthday request for  cards with his name on them went viral. He received mail from around the world and got more mail in one day than the rest of the town combined, according to Fox News. On Friday night, his mother Carley Nickerson shared on a Facebook page, Danny's Warriors, that her 'precious sweet boy earned his angel wings' after a 'courageous 18 month battle'. Danny Nickerson (left), 6, of Massachusetts died of an inoperable brain tumor after a 'courageous 18-month battle' Last July, his request for a 'box of cards' for his sixth birthday went viral and he received more than 150,000 cards from around the world (above Nickerson last summer with the mail he received) 'Our lord came and carried his body to heaven,' she wrote on April 24. 'His body was so tired of fighting. 'He is now cancer free and running and playing and laughing with God and all of the other precious children. 'Prayers are needed for all of us right now. Please surround us in your prayers.' On Friday night, his mother, Carley Nickerson (pictured above with him), wrote that her 'precious sweet boy earned his angel wings' Nickerson was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glimoma (DIPG) in October 2013 and fought through 33 radiation treatments . According to ABC News, doctors said that less than ten per cent of children with the disease, called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glimoma, live longer than 18 months. Nickerson was first diagnosed with the DIPG after he complained about having double vision. Over the course of four days, he saw multiple doctors before finally getting an MRI. 'After the MRI, we were taken into a small room and given the worst news we have ever heard,' Mrs Nickerson said when she learned of his diagnosis. 'Our lives fell apart, my heart felt like it exploded. There were no words to explain the pain that instantly hit my chest.' For his sixth birthday last July, he requested a 'box of cards' and received an overwhelming number in the mail after his mother asked people on Facebook to send her son a birthday card. On a Facebook page, Danny's Warriors, Mrs Nickerson wrote of her son's passing: 'He is now cancer free and running and playing and laughing with God and all of the other precious children' After Mrs Nickerson took to Facebook asking people to send her son a birthday card, they were 'shocked and overwhelmed' by the amount of mail they received . To get all of the the mail to his home, it took four trucks and a U-Haul. He received cards from around the world and got more mail in one day than the rest of the town combined . When his family received all of the cards, Mrs Nickerson said they were 'shocked and speechless', and that the cards included 'a picture of a fat cat on it and another with a cat blowing out candles' which made her son laugh. To get the mail to his Foxboro home, it took four trucks and a U-Haul, according to MyFoxBoston.com. Last summer, Nickerson was also met by police officers from around the state and members of the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium to celebrate his sixth birthday, according to CBS Boston. On a You Caring page for Nickerson, his mother wrote that he has fought through 33 radiation treatments and two clinical trials which consisted of chemotherapy. The page also said Nickerson enjoyed playing  with his brother, Matthew, and enjoyed anything that made him laugh. A mass will be held on Wednesday to celebrate his life at St. Mary's Church in Wrentham on Wednesday at 11am.
Danny Nickerson was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 2013 . He received more than 150,000 birthday cards and packages after requesting a 'box of cards' for his birthday last July . His mother, Carley Nickerson, shared the news of his passing on Friday . Nickerson fought through 33 radiation treatments and two clinical trials which consisted of chemotherapy during his battle with DIPG .