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TikTok Creator and Medical Student Mackenzie Paul Dies at 26 After Leukemia Fight

Her husband confirmed her death in a Facebook video detailing a rapid relapse and ICU care.

Overview

  • Brandon Paul said she went to the emergency room the morning she died and was transferred to the ICU, where she passed away.
  • She documented her experience with acute myeloid leukemia on TikTok, building an audience of roughly 28,000 followers.
  • Paul was diagnosed with AML in October 2023 during her second year at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine.
  • Her husband said she experienced a remission last summer before the cancer returned and progressed quickly.
  • Days before her death, she posted that she was losing her voice and suffering severe mouth pain, and she had recently published a poetry collection about her illness.