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One of the biggest stars in the TikTok community is no longer with us. Maddy Baloy, whose fiancé reported that she passed away on May 1st, detailed her life with terminal colon cancer. Her age was 26.
Louis Risher said,Maddy passed away peacefully last night, to the people on May 2. She is very unique. In actuality, I turned 27 yesterday. All I needed was to hold her hand the entire day.
He went on to say that Maddy was surrounded with love when she passed away. Her brother Dylan and parents, Carissa and Lucky Talmege, also survive her. Maddy, a Florida teacher at Shore Acres Elementary, gained an internet following by being open about her health struggle, which started following her 2023 diagnosis.
When Maddy learned she only had five years to live, she felt so alone and isolated, so she made the decision to live her life publicly. I knew that I had a lot to say, she told People in March.‘My mind shifted, and I was like, ‘I am going to get every ounce of life that I can out of this.
Maddy gained almost 500,000 followers on social media, and her most watched videos were a raw vlog from January in which she shared her bucket list and described how she was handling the news that her tumors were growing. Among Maddy's final desires were to meet celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, convince at least one person to watch The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and persuade someone to give up dieting.
Maddy achieved most of her dreams, including being dined and wined by the Hell Kitchen star at his restaurant in Miami.The best night of my life! Maddy shared a photo from the occasion on Instagram in February. Thank you endlessly for giving the biggest yes, Chef. With the assistance of Taylor Lautner and Tay Lautner, the influencer also crossedoff another goal on her bucket list by participating in their podcast.
The Squeeze.In the episode, Maddy gave an explanation for her decisions regarding her internet platform in the midst of her illness. In the episode airing on February 28, Maddy stated,I just wanted to be as open as I could be from the beginning;I didn"t quit anything when I got cancer continuing my lifestyle of being a girl in her twenties people think that is insane, but thats who I was before.
