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Brazilian Teen Influencer Isabel Veloso Dies at 19 After Battle With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Her widely followed Instagram chronicle of illness included a viral letter to her infant son.

Overview

  • Mix Vale reported she died on Jan. 10 at Hospital Erasto Gaertner in Curitiba, Brazil.
  • People reports she had been hospitalized since November 2025 before her death.
  • An open letter she posted to her one-year-old son during an October 2025 transplant separation went viral.
  • She underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, was declared cancer-free in November 2023, then relapsed with a 6.6-inch tumor affecting her lungs and heart.
  • Her son Arthur is in the care of his father, Lucas Borbas, and local reports say she will be buried in Dois Vizinhos, ParanĂ¡.