A young influencer has tragically passed away after her cancer returned for the fourth time.
Xiao Huang shocked her millions of followers after her brother, Lu, announced her death.
The 26-year-old has left her family devastated with Lu stating that it was “sudden.”
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She had been suffering with advanced lung cancer since the age of 14.
Xiao had faced multiple hospital stays, and had previously undergone surgery which saw half of her left lung removed.
In the past 10 years, the internet star had relapsed four times leaving her family and fans very worried.
She regularly shared her journey with fans maintaining an optimistic outlook that she would one day get better.
Her brother had recently revealed that Xiao had been having trouble breathing in her sleep.
It was not long after this when she received the news that her cancer was terminal.
Lu announced the death of his sister, who is from China, shortly after she died on 2 January.
He broke the news to her adoring fans in a statement, as reported by Need To Know.
Lu wrote: “We desperately couldn’t keep you but I wanted to keep you.”
“May there be no cancer and no pain in heaven, and we will still be brothers and sisters in the next life.”
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