Article 77GRB TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26

TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26

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Edward Helmore
from US news | The Guardian on (#77GRB)

The creator documented her battle with rare bile duct cancer, inspiring more than a million followers online

Sydney Towle, a TikTok creator who shared her battle with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, with over a million online followers, has died at age 26, her family announced on Thursday.

Towle gained fame for her posts about her life as a spirited young woman who encouraged her TikTok followers to rethink how a cancer patient might look and live.

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