Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell has died aged 39 after being recognized with mind most cancers in 2022.
Her husband Alex confirmed the information on social media, writing: ‘It’s with nice unhappiness that I share the information that Theo handed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by her household.
‘Neither she nor her medical workforce anticipated this to occur so shortly.
‘She was an unbelievable one who fought laborious for her household and buddies and raised consciousness of this merciless illness.
“She has seen life occasions, like her son’s first day of college and her marriage ceremony, that we thought she would by no means see simply over 4 years in the past.”
The couple married in an intimate ceremony in Edinburgh in March this 12 months.
Burrell was initially recognized at age 35, after she started experiencing a collection of horrible migraines.
A scan revealed she had glioblastoma – a kind of mind tumor that begins as cell development within the mind or backbone and often has a life expectancy of 12 to 18 months.
“I had completely no concept it was coming, it was an enormous shock,” she instructed Good Morning Scotland in 2023.”
‘At first I did not fairly understand what I used to be being instructed. The knowledge in A&E was that there was a 5 million cancerous mind tumor in my head, nevertheless it wasn’t till the subsequent day that I noticed my surgeon and he defined that this was in actual fact an incurable most cancers.’
Initially instructed she had solely three months to dwell, Burrell underwent surgical procedure, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and was in a secure situation.
However in October 2024, she introduced that her tumor had began rising once more.
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Earlier this 12 months, Burrell married companion Alex.
She shared a photograph on her Instagram account and wrote: ‘On March twenty eighth Alex and I celebrated our marriage ceremony with our closest household and buddies and it was wonderful!! Not solely did we’ve lots of enjoyable, nevertheless it additionally feels so good to be husband and spouse in spite of everything these years collectively.’
After paying tribute to the photographers and make-up artists who helped make their massive day further particular, she added: ‘I am nonetheless sleeping from exhaustion and the chilly nevertheless it was price each second!
“Subsequent I’ve to cross a scan… However we’ll take care of that when the time comes.”
Burrell is alleged to have spent her closing hours earlier than her demise on July 8 surrounded by her household.
In an announcement on Theo’s Instagram web page, Alex stated the most cancers group had “given her a lot consolation and power in her darkest moments.”
He added: ‘However most of all it gave hope and I feel what she would need greater than something is for different individuals to search out hope in her story.
“I hope the statistics should not the reality and that someday they are going to be very completely different.”
Burrell has labored for Lyon & Turnbull since 2011 as an auctioneer and specialist in ornamental arts and superb antiques.
She joined Antiques Roadshow in 2018 and joined this system’s specialists.
After being recognized, she turned a patron of Mind Tumor Analysis, which wrote a tribute to the tv star.
The charity’s chief government, Dan Knowles, stated: ‘We’re heartbroken to have misplaced the exceptional, decided and really inspiring Theo Burrell to this devastating illness.
‘She was all the time very open about her prognosis and knew from the beginning that her most cancers was terminal, however she was completely decided to make a distinction for others.
“She frequently impressed us with how massive her coronary heart was and we’ll proceed our mission pushed by all the pieces she taught us. Our ideas are along with her household, her buddies and everybody who had the privilege of realizing her.”
Macmillan Most cancers Assist
In case you or somebody you take care of has been recognized with most cancers, Macmillan can present help and knowledge.
You’ll be able to contact their helpline on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days per week from 8am to 8pm), use their net chat service or go to their web site for extra data.
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