‘Remember that you live every day, and you only die once, so make every day count,’ urged influencer Bella Bradford in one of her final posts.
The 24-year-old died last month following a three-year battle with a rare form of cancer located in her jaw muscle, called Rhabdomyosarcoma.
TikToker Bella Bradford tragically passed away last month at the young age of just 24 (TikTok/bellabradford0)
The TikToker, who had over 16,500 followers on the social media platform, passed away on October 15 but just four days ago someone posted her final ‘get ready with me’ that has garnered more than four million views.
The caption included a note Bella had prepared for her fans, which read: “Thank you for all your love and support throughout my final stages of life, I am so grateful.
“Filming these videos truly brought me a sense of puropse in my final few months and also connected me with a very kind community of people. I wish you all a beautiful life and please remeber to live each day with as much significance as the next.
“What a privilege it is to grow old. Thank you for allowing me to be myself on this platform, I really felt excited each day to jump on here and connect over our shared love of life and fashion.”
Bella’s final get ready with me 💛 here’s a message she wrote: Thank you for all your love and support throughout my final stages of life, I am so grateful. Filming these videos truly brought me a sense of puropse in my final few months and also connected me with a very kind community of people. I wish you all a beautiful life and please remeber to live each day with as much significance as the next. What a privilege it is to grow old. Thank you for allowing me to be myself on this platform, I really felt excited each day to jump on here and connect over our shared love of life and fashion. Love always, Bella P.S. these are the brands mentioned in this video for your reference (I still gotta give the ppl what they want 😘😂) @St. Agni @ANINE BING OFFICIAL @One Mile @Class A Jewellers @SARAH & SEBASTIAN @Lucy Folk @Arms Of Eve @asos @Alias Mae @maisonmargielafragrances @MECCA — Bella passed away peacefully surrounded by the people she loves most on Tuesday the 15th of October. Thank you for all your support and love along the way, no act of kindness was ever wasted on her, she was forever grateful. 💛♾️
♬ original sound – Bella Bradford
The 11-minute vlog saw her style out a khaki dress, a white cardigan with black netted ballet shoes, accompanied with sunglasses, a navy baseball cap and a necklace.
In the video Bella begins by thanking her fans for coming along with her on her ‘fun journey’, before adding: “”I hope that you can look back on all my videos and find a little bit of joy in your day, if you ever need a pick-me-up.
“Remember that you live every day, and you only die once, so make every day count.”
At just 22 years old she learned that she had cancer, and so for a year underwent treatment involving radiotherapy, chemotherapy among other surgeries to remove her tumor and reconstruct her jaw.
Before eventually realizing it had developed into ‘incurable’ stages.
In the caption of her final get ready with me video it also included a note from the person who posted the recording, detailing her final days. It read: “Bella passed away peacefully surrounded by the people she loves most on Tuesday the 15th of October.
“Thank you for all your support and love along the way, no act of kindness was ever wasted on her, she was forever grateful.”
