MTV Reality Star Diem Brown Dies at 32
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Neilson Barnard/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — MTV star Diem Brown died Friday after battling cancer for the third time, People magazine reports. She was 32.
“MTV is tremendously sad to hear the news that Diem Brown has lost her long battle with cancer,” MTV added via a statement. “We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Diem was a true fighter and brought passion to everything she touched. We will miss her.”
Just a couple days ago on Tuesday, the reality star had asked for prayers and advice, tweeting, “my doctors are seemingly giving up but I won’t & can’t rollover. Whatever option I have to LIVE I’m grabbing!”
Brown had been a longtime blogger for People.com, documenting her struggle with cancer for the past couple of years.
Last month, Brown revealed to People magazine that her latest bout with cancer had spread from her colon to her liver and lymph nodes.
“I was blown away. It really crushed a little bit of my spirit,” she said.
After dealing with intense pain and side effects from the chemotherapy, Brown said she was at her lowest point in late October.
“It was such a dark, dark, dark, dark place. I would go in the bathtub and just lay down for hours, with the water running,” she added. “I kept getting worse, and I felt like it would never end.”
But through it all, Brown never lost her spirit and always stayed positive, even thinking about her post-cancer life.
“I’m going to have a family and get married and the whole American, 2½ kids, white-picket-fence dream,” she said. “It’s something that’s really important to me, because it means a long-term future.”
Brown — who made her MTV debut on Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat in 2006 — had been dealing with cancer for almost a decade. First with ovarian cancer in 2006 and then again in 2012. Then in 2013, she beat cancer once again. Still once again, the MTV star was diagnosed with cancer this past August, this time in her colon.The Duel and The Gauntlet competitor found out about the news while filming a reality show.
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