TikTok Star Dies From Bone Cancer: Leah Smith Was 22 [Video]

Leah Smith, 22, a TikTok star and Liverpool native who had more than 500,000 followers, has died from stage 4 bone cancer, her boyfriend Andrew revealed Monday in a video shared on her account. 

Smith had Ewing Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer that “occurs primarily in the bone or soft tissue,” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. It is the second-most common type of bone cancer in children and young adults, accounting for about 1 percent of childhood cancers, and very rare in adults.

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“I’m sad to say that she passed away today around half-eleven this morning,” Andrew said in the video. “I just want to say thank you to everyone. All your comments did help, like, she did actually read all of them. Anyone who said anything nice ever, it means more than you realize.”

Smith shared on TikTokat the end of January …