{"id":1991598,"date":"2025-09-01T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1991598"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:29:29","slug":"jess-hurrell-dead-following-cancer-battle-influencer-was-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jess-hurrell-dead-following-cancer-battle-influencer-was-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Jess Hurrell Dead Following Cancer Battle: Influencer Was 42"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Influencer Jess Hurrell<\/strong> has died following a battle with cancer. She was 42.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are devastated to say that Jess passed away last Friday after an 8-year battle with cancer,\u201d Hurrell\u2019s family shared via Instagram<\/a> on Friday, August 29. \u201cHer positive energy was infectious and her family and friends loved her dearly and being around her.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Hurrell battled her cancer diagnosis, she didn\u2019t let her health struggles keep her from living and enjoying her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven tackling this horrible disease for over 8 years, people couldn\u2019t believe how positive and strong she was,\u201d the tribute continued. \u201cMost people didn\u2019t even know Jess was carrying this around with her, as she always skipped, smiled and powered through life. We are heart broken and she will be remembered forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Beauty YouTuber Jessica Pettway Dead at 36 After Cervical Cancer Battle<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tCourtesy of Jessica Pettway\/Instagram Jessica Pettway, the YouTuber who spent over a decade sharing beauty and lifestyle content with her massive following, died on March 13 after a battle with cervical cancer. She was 36. Her sister, Reyni, whose Instagram account is private, shared the news on Friday, March 15, according to E! News. \u201cIt\u2019s [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jess is survived<\/a> by her husband, David Hurrell<\/strong>, and their two children. The couple shared a son and daughter whose names were not publicly revealed.<\/p>\n

David also shared a tribute to his late wife while honoring the pair\u2019s 14th wedding anniversary. (The couple tied the knot in 2011 after meeting in school.)<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy anniversary darling,\u201d David wrote via Instagram<\/a> alongside several throwback photos of their nuptials. \u201cCan\u2019t believe we didn\u2019t make it to 14 but I\u2019ve had the most incredible 25 years and am blessed to have met you. Sleep tight xxx<\/p>\n

Jess was best known for creating interior design and lifestyle content online, eventually cultivating more than 94,000 followers on Instagram. Earlier this year, Jess opened up her melanoma diagnosis and experience battling the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour and a half years ago I was told my Stage 2 melanoma had progressed to Stage 4 \u2026 I had a malignant mole and lymph nodes removed 18 months prior to that and was given the all clear,\u201d she wrote alongside a February Instagram Reel. \u201cBut it was back and extremely scary. I didn\u2019t know if I was going to be here to see my children grow up. So I started two years of immunotherapy treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video included clips of Jess with her family as she traveled the world and visited doctors.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tCourtesy of Rachel Yaffe\/Instagram Social media personality Rachel Yaffe died on Friday, October 11, after battling a rare form of liver cancer. She was 27. Yaffe\u2019s death was confirmed in an online obituary, noting that funeral services in Maryland \u201care private.\u201d She is survived by her parents, her brother and sister, her grandmother and her [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIn between we escaped to explore the world as much as possible. At the end of two years I was about to get the all clear again when they found the melanoma had spread to my brian and I had several brain tumors,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo I started radio therapy on my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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