Sydney Towle will always be remembered for her candid nature.

Three years after the influencer began documenting her health battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer, she died at 26 years old, her family shared on Aug. 6.

“We will always love you so much Sydney,” the caption of an Instagram post shared to her profile read. “I am so proud of how hard you fought. I love you.”

Before her death, Towle entered hospice care, her brother Austin Towle shared in an Aug. 4 TikTok, noting she was “surrounded by her friends and family.”

“Thank you all so much,” he captioned the social media post. “Your love and support does not go unnoticed.”

Indeed, Sydney built a supportive online community over the years, keeping her over 1 million TikTok followers updated on her health struggles. Like in June 2025, when she shared she was being treated with a hepatic pump that would deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. But even then, she and her doctors were aware of the risks.

“It’s the first time that I’ve gone in and they’ve said, ‘This isn’t good,'” Towle said in a TikTok at the time. “It’s obviously not what you want to hear when you have cancer.”