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Boy who became web's best known meme is now 8 years old
14 April 2015
Famous face: Sammy is better known as the face of the 'Success Kid' meme. His mother snapped the photo - which actually shows him just moments before trying to put sand in his mouth.
- Sam Griner was just 11 months old when his mother snapped him clenching his fist on the beach and posted the image online.
- Years later, she learned it had become the popular 'Success Kid' meme.
- She put the photo on her Flickr page in 2007 and two years later, she noticed that it was being used for memes before eventually becoming the beloved 'Success Kid' meme around 2010.
- Sammy's father, Justin, has been on dialysis for six years and is in need of a kidney transplant so the family is now appealing for help.
- They have set up a GoFundMe page to try to find him a kidney and to raise the $75,000 he will need for the procedure and medication.
Sammy Griner is pictured with his 39-year-old father, Justin, who needs a kidney transplant
The boy's mother, Laney, said she initially didn't want to use the boy's famous face to raise funds because she wanted the focus to be on Justin, but she said she just wants to see him healthy
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ying-dad-kidney-transplant.html#ixzz3XMPsUYe8
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14 April 2015
Famous face: Sammy is better known as the face of the 'Success Kid' meme. His mother snapped the photo - which actually shows him just moments before trying to put sand in his mouth.
- Sam Griner was just 11 months old when his mother snapped him clenching his fist on the beach and posted the image online.
- Years later, she learned it had become the popular 'Success Kid' meme.
- She put the photo on her Flickr page in 2007 and two years later, she noticed that it was being used for memes before eventually becoming the beloved 'Success Kid' meme around 2010.
- Sammy's father, Justin, has been on dialysis for six years and is in need of a kidney transplant so the family is now appealing for help.
- They have set up a GoFundMe page to try to find him a kidney and to raise the $75,000 he will need for the procedure and medication.
Sammy Griner is pictured with his 39-year-old father, Justin, who needs a kidney transplant
The boy's mother, Laney, said she initially didn't want to use the boy's famous face to raise funds because she wanted the focus to be on Justin, but she said she just wants to see him healthy
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ying-dad-kidney-transplant.html#ixzz3XMPsUYe8
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
