Joseph Cure obit

Joseph O'Connell Cure Obituary

 

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Cure, Joseph O'Connell Age 31, of Bloomington, MN. Holy Angels 2002 graduate, UCLA 2008 graduate & MSU Masters student, died unexpectedly in a car accident in Montana. Joe had an enormous heart and will be tremendously missed by his parents, Bob & Mary; sister, Kelly; brother, Randy; aunts, uncles, cousins & extended family of friends around the world. Preceded in death by grandparents, Ted & Shirley McKeone and Orin & Mary Cure. Joe refused to live an ordinary life and truly valued the importance of each individual, seeing past all labels. As a family, we would like to extend our love to all those who miss Joe and were able to share in his life. A Visitation will take place from 5-9 PM on Friday 11/13 with an hour of memories at 7 PM at Cremation Society of MN - Edina Chapel, 7110 France Ave. S., 952-924-4100. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday 11/14, 11 AM with visitation one hour prior at Pax Christi Catholic Church, 12100 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, (952) 941-3150. Memorials preferred to Academy of Holy Angels Scholarship Fund. "This Is Ridiculous" "This Is Ridiculous"

Cure was an ice hockey player and actor. Cure made his film debut in Walt Disney Pictures' Miracle in 2004. Cure was cast as Mike Ramsey, the youngest member of the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Cure, one of three siblings and a native of Bloomington, Minnesota, began playing ice hockey when he was five years old. He was playing bantam minor ice hockey before high school. In 2002, he and his hockey team from the Academy of Holy Angels won the Class AA Minnesota state hockey tournament. He graduated from the Academy of Holy Angels in 2002. Cure then relocated to Texas, where he played junior ice hockey. He attended Baylor University before being cast in Miracle.

Cure received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008. He moved to Bozeman, Montana, where he completed a post baccalaureate pre-med program. While applying to medical school, he was pursuing a master's in neuroscience at Montana State University by 2016.

Cure, who had no acting experience at the time, auditioned for a part in the Disney's Miracle, a film focusing on the Team USA's Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Olympics. Cure, the youngest actor cast as a player in the film, portrayed Mike Ramsey, the youngest player in the 1980 US ice hockey team. The film opened on February 6, 2004. In a 2004 interview before filming began, Cure recalled the audition process, "I'm out in L.A., auditioning and pretending to be an actor, hoping somebody buys it." Miracle marked his film debut. Ten years later, in a 2014 interview with the Minnesota magazine, Let’s Play Hockey, Cure noted "The story of ‘Miracle’ is truly a love story about 20 young boys coming together and taking on the world. … Being a part of ‘Miracle’ forever changed the way I view the Olympics."