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A TikTok-famous mother who documented her journey with ovarian cancer has died at 30, her family says

Jul 18, 2023, 04:43 IST
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The family has uploaded many videos documenting Haley's battle.Screenshot/TikTok - taylorodlozil
  • Haley Odlozil had been documenting her journey with ovarian cancer since 2021.
  • She has died at the age of 30, her husband Taylor wrote in a recent TikTok video.
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Haley Odlozil, a mother who documented her battle with ovarian cancer on TikTok, has died at 30, her husband wrote in a TikTok video posted on Friday.

In the caption of the video, which has been viewed over 35 million times, Odlozil's husband, Taylor, wrote a long message commending his late wife's strength as he described what she endured during her long cancer battle. He said the cancer "slowly tore her body apart" but that the thought of her "being completely healed in a body with no pain & no scars in heaven" has given him solace.

He called her an "incredible mother" and said it was a "true honor to take care of her."

The video, shared with Odlozil's 2.6 million followers, has over 250,000 comments. Many viewers who've been following her journey offered their condolences to Taylor and their young son, Weston, and said that their heart was broken by the news.

One top comment was from a person who said they checked this TikTok account every day to make sure Odlozil was still alive and fighting. "My heart dropped when I saw this post," they wrote. "Rest in peace."

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"I am so sorry," another commenter said. "I've been following her journey for so long."

The Odlozil family has been uploading videos on TikTok since early 2021. In December 2022, the family announced that it would be Odlozil's "last Christmas" as they have "run out of treatment options for her cancer." In another video that same month, Taylor wrote that Haley had been diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer 7 years ago, and two months before they got married. They were high school sweethearts.

They've since published a slew of heartwarming and heartwrenching family moments, including one where their son brings Odlozil flowers to cheer her up, and a clip where they customize a teddy bear with her voice so Taylor or Weston could always hear it in the future.

Last year, the couple also published a video where she explained the long path it took her to get her ovarian cancer diagnosis in the first place. She said she noticed unusual symptoms, like a lump in her abdomen, soon after meeting Taylor in 2008.

Insider has reached out to Taylor and the Odlozil family for comment.

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