LOS ANGELES - MasterChef Junior fan favourite Ben Watkins, 14, died of a rare form of cancer on Monday (Nov 16), three years after his parents were killed in a domestic violence incident.

The teenager, who appeared on Season 6 of the culinary cooking show when he was 11, was diagnosed with angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma days before his 13th birthday last year. It is an extremely rare soft-tissue tumour that occurs in a small number of children and young adults.