TikTok star Sydney Towle, who shared her cancer journey online, dies aged 26
Towle, who was moved to hospice care earlier this week, had over a million followers on TikTok and over 200,000 on Instagram. She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles. She had been living in New York City at the time of her death.
- ▪Towle, who was moved to hospice care earlier this week, had over a million followers on TikTok and over 200,000 on Instagram.
- ▪She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles.
- ▪She had been living in New York City at the time of her death.
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- ▪ TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26 — The Guardian — US
- ▪ Sydney Towle is living with cancer, one TikTok video at a time — Mashable
- ▪ Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26 — NYT — Home
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TikTok star Sydney Towle, who shared her cancer journey online, dies aged 26Image source, Getty Images for Miami Swim Week: The ShowsImage caption, Towle recently fulfilled her dream of modelling at Miami Swim WeekByGrace Eliza GoodwinPublished7 minutes agoSydney Towle, a popular social media influencer who shared her experience living with a rare, aggressive form of cancer, has died at the age of 26. Towle's family announced her death, from complications related to bile duct cancer that had spread to other parts of her body, on her social media accounts on Thursday."Syd went peacefully last night after an almost three-year-long battle with cholangiocarcinoma," her brother Austin said in a video message, alongside their mother, on TikTok.
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