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

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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. Towle’s family announced her death, nearly three years after she was first diagnosed, via Instagram: “We will always love you so much Sydney,” the caption read. “I am so proud of how hard you fought. I love you.” Earlier this week, her family said that she had entered…

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