WEST READING, Pa. - 
 
 Laney Brown lost her struggle with a rare form of cancer early Christmas morning. Well wishes and messages of support for the little girl and her family poured in from around the world during her last days. 
 
 Delaney "Laney" Brown, the eight-year-old girl from West Reading, Pennsylvania who inspired a community and touched hearts across the world, has passed away quietly with her loving family by her side. 
 
 At this time, her family respectfully requests privacy to celebrate their daughter’s life and to mourn her loss. 
 
 Family spokesperson, Christopher Winters released this statement from the family" "We are devastated by the loss of our Laney. She was our angel. We will miss her smile, her laughter, and the way she would light up any room she was in. We are eternally grateful for all of the love kindness, prayers and support that we have received from people across the world. You will never know how meaningful it was for all of you to rally around Laney. Laney was a wonderful, kind, and loving child, who brought so much joy to our lives. Even as her illness progressed, Laney never stopped having faith, she continued to smile in spite of her pain, and she showed more concern for all of us than for herself. We will miss her every day of our lives and the void she’s left will never be filled. Our sincerest thanks for all that each of you have done. Your prayers and well wishes gave both Laney and us great comfort as we made our way through this very difficult time. We know Laney is in heaven and watching over all of us." 
 
 
 
 Funeral services for Laney will be at the convenience of the family. 
 
 A statement posted on the Team Laney Facebook page Wednesday morning said, "Our little angel on earth earned her pink glittery angel wings in heaven. She took her last breath at home in her bed at 3:10 surrounded by all her family and friends." 
 
 The Facebook page has garnered more than 117,000 "likes," most of them since news of Laney's dire prognosis began to spread across the country and around the world last week. 
 
 Doctors had given given Laney, who was diagnosed in May with high-risk AML leukemia, only days to live, prompting an outpouring of support and prayers for the family from people in Berks County and far beyond. 
 
 Nearly 10,000 people helped to fulfill one of Laney's dying wishes by gathering on the streets of West Reading on Saturday to sing Christmas carols, demonstrating the true spirit of the holiday season. 
 
 Those who couldn't be there have been showing their support on the Team Laney Facebook page. 
 
 "Prayers from the Hogan family in Anchorage, Alaska," wrote Tootsie Hogan. 
 
 "I've heard of you on local news in my country [Chile] and I couldn't help when a tear come out of my eye," wrote Emanuel Jaime Figueroa Cutipa. "Yours is a great courage and love story. My baby will know about your and your family for sure." 
 
 "A little prayer for you from Taiwan," wrote Uongu Teneoana. "Merry Christmas, Laney." 
 
 The family has asked for privacy so that it may enjoy its time with Laney. 
 
 Anyone wishing to donate money to the Laney's medical expenses may do so on her designated fundraising website. ||||| (CNN) -- A little girl whose Christmas wish inspired thousands of people to sing in the streets died overnight. 
 
 Laney Brown, 8, suffered from leukemia. 
 
 "Our little angel on earth earned her pink glittery angel wings in heaven," a post on an official Facebook page about her said. "She took her last breath at home in her bed at 3:10 surrounded by all her family and friends. I miss her so much already." 
 
 Delaney Brown of West Reading, Pennsylvania, "inspired a community and touched hearts across the world," as CNN affiliate WFMZ put it. 
 
 She loved music and dancing. 
 
 Her dying wishes were to meet country music superstar Taylor Swift and for some people to come by her house for a night of caroling. 
 
 On Friday -- her birthday -- Laney and Swift video-chatted through FaceTime, a software application that allows callers to see each other on Apple products. 
 
 Then, Saturday night, the singers came. At first it was hundreds of people, then thousands. Then it was about 10,000, CNN affiliate WFMZ reported. 
 
 She was too weak to go to the window, but heard the wonderful music. 
 
 "I can hear you now!!! Love you!" she said in a Facebook post that showed a photo of her lying in bed with a breathing mask -- and two thumbs up. 
 
 Laney was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia seven months ago. Last week doctors told her family that she had 70% cancer cells in her blood. She came home from the hospital Thursday. 
 
 The Christmas carol celebration outside her home attracted people from all over. Her dance team was there to honor her. Even Santa showed up. 
 
 Many of the singers held back tears. 
 
 "I can't even express how I feel," Krysta Rebe, who has a daughter Laney's age, told WFMZ. 
 
 It was only an hour of singing, but it lifted the spirits of everyone who jammed the block. 
 
 "As much as I want that miracle to be saving the life of an 8-year-old little girl, Laney, the miracle was an 8-year-old little girl teaching an entire community, town, city and the whole country the true meaning of Christmas," one participant, Marianne Franken, wrote on Facebook." 
 
 On Wednesday, thousands of people liked and commented on the Facebook post announcing the little girl's death. 
 
 "I do not cry for Laney, who lives on in peace and happiness with our Lord," wrote Cornell Stornbergh. "I mourn for us, who now have to live in a world without her."
– A Pennsylvania girl who inspired thousands of Christmas carolers to sing for her over the weekend died of leukemia this morning, reports WFMZ. Laney Brown, 8, had a Christmas wish to hear carolers, prompting an estimated 10,000 people to cram onto her street in West Reading on Saturday night. She couldn't make it outside, but her family posted a photo of her with two thumbs up. The night before, she talked via video with her idol Taylor Swift, another of her wishes, notes CNN. "She took her last breath at home in her bed at 3:10 surrounded by all her family and friends," says a post today on her Facebook page. "I miss her so much already."