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Brazilian Influencer Isabel Veloso Dies at 19 After Cancer Battle

The creator had chronicled her Hodgkin lymphoma for years, including a brief remission after a 2023 bone marrow transplant.

Overview

  • Her husband announced her death in an Instagram post and pledged to care for their one-year-old son, Arthur.
  • Veloso was diagnosed in 2021 at age 15 with Hodgkin lymphoma and initially entered remission in January 2023 following a bone marrow transplant.
  • The disease later returned during her pregnancy, and in August 2025 she said it had reached a terminal stage and that she was beginning palliative care.
  • El Periódico reported she spent her final 24 days hospitalized due to complications from the cancer.
  • Milenio, citing local media, reported she died Saturday at Hospital Erasto Gaertner in Curitiba, Brazil.