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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
TikToker Anna Grace Phelan Dead at 19 After Cancer Battle
Originally appeared on E! Online The influencer community has lost a beloved member. TikToker Anna Grace Phelan died May 23 after a battle with brain cancer. The Jefferson, Georgia-based influencer was 19. "It is with great sadness to announce that our beautiful daughter, Anna Grace Phelan, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," read a message posted on the influencer's TikTok page. "So many of you have followed her journey through a difficult battle with cancer and bore witness to her powerful testimony of faith." "Thank you for the countless thousands of prayers for healing and peace," the message continued. "May we all rejoice with the assurance that she is in Heaven now, and she has been healed. Let us also remember that the only path to the promised kingdom of Heaven is through salvation in Jesus Christ." Anna is survived by her parents, William "Buddy" Phelan and Nadine Phelan, brother Harper David Phelan and other family members. "I started to experience numbness in the left side of my face and in the right side of my leg," Anna said in a TikTok video posted last August. "We scheduled an MRI appointment of my brain, and that scan did show a lesion on my brain." Her symptoms soon worsened. "I started losing my balance. I started having vision problems in my left eye, my numbness in my face and on my leg is still here," she continued. "My speech started to seem weird. My head's very foggy." Anna then underwent a brain biopsy, which revealed she had a tumor. She was soon diagnosed with an inoperable, Grade 4, malignant and aggressive brain tumor called a glioblastoma. "This is definitely the hardest news I've ever received," she said in a TikTok video in September 2024. "By all means, this is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward." More from E! Online Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Dead at 79 After Alzheimer's Diagnosis Rosie O'Donnell Reveals Weight Loss Transformation After Using Mounjaro Bindi Irwin Shares Update on Healing Journey 2 Weeks After Emergency Surgery Anna, who was born in Orlando, Fla., had documented her brain cancer battle on social media. Her diagnosis came in September 2024, days before she was set to start her freshman year of college, per her GoFundMe page and a month after symptoms began. "I started to experience numbness in the left side of my face and in the right side of my leg," Anna said in a TikTok video posted last August. "We scheduled an MRI appointment of my brain, and that scan did show a lesion on my brain." Her symptoms soon worsened. "I started losing my balance. I started having vision problems in my left eye, my numbness in my face and on my leg is still here," she continued. "My speech started to seem weird. My head's very foggy." Anna then underwent a brain biopsy, which revealed she had a tumor. She was soon diagnosed with an inoperable, Grade 4, malignant and aggressive brain tumor called a glioblastoma. "This is definitely the hardest news I've ever received," she said in a TikTok video in September 2024. "By all means, this is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward." In her final days, Anna spent increased time with her loved ones. A video of her hanging out with friends in a backyard was also shared to her page May 15. One day earlier, the TikToker revealed to her followers that her brain tumor had grown and was inoperable. "Keep me in your prayers," she said in her May 14 video. "Thank you all so much." Anna will be honored at a funeral at a church in Jefferson May 29. For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
News.com.au
25-05-2025
- Health
- News.com.au
Internet star Anna Grace Phelan dies at 19 from brain cancer
A 19-year-old TikTok star has died of brain cancer after revealing she was battling the illness just eight months ago. Anna Grace Phelan's death was confirmed Saturday in a message on her TikTok page. 'It is with great sadness to announce that our beautiful daughter, Anna Grace Phelan, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,' the message said. 'So many of you have followed her journey through a difficult battle with cancer and bore witness to her powerful testimony of faith. 'Thank you for the countless thousands of prayers for healing and peace. May we all rejoice with the assurance that she is in Heaven now, and she has been healed.' According to Phelan's obituary, her funeral service will be held on Thursday in Jackson County, Georgia, the New York Post reported. Phelan is survived by her parents, William 'Buddy' Phelan and Nadine Phelan, brother Harper David Phelan and more family members. The influencer revealed to her followers last September that she was battling brain cancer. Her diagnosis came days before she was due to start her first year of college. In a previous TikTok video, Phelan explained that her initial symptoms included numbness in the left side of her face and in the right side of her leg. That led to her scheduling an MRI which showed a lesion on her brain. 'I started losing my balance,' she told her followers. 'I started having vision problems in my left eye, my numbness in my face and on my leg is still here. My speech started to seem weird. My head's very foggy.' After undergoing a biopsy, Phelan learned she had a tumour. She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain cancer that grows rapidly and is incurable. 'This is definitely the hardest news I've ever received,' she said in a TikTok video in September. 'By all means, this is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward.' Phelan continued to document her cancer battle on TikTok in the months leading up to her death. In one of her final videos shared May 14, Phelan said, 'Things haven't been good. My tumour grew and it's in the area where I can't breathe. It can't be operated.' 'So, I just wanted to say thank you for all the prayers,' she continued. 'It would take a miracle, but I'm not giving up yet. If you keep praying for me, I think that I'll make it.' GoFundMe for Phelan was started after her diagnosis. The page has raised over $100,000.
The Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Huge BBC series to return for new series despite killing off main star
A MAJOR new BBC drama has been confirmed to be returning for a brand new series. After bringing in a huge six million viewers, This City is Ours has been re-commissioned for a second series. 4 4 The eight-episode series has become the Beeb's most-watched new drama of the year after being given the coveted Sunday night drama slot. Led by Sean Bean and Julie Graham, the programme follows the Phelan family and the highs and lows of their life amid their drug trafficking backdrop. Sean played gangster Ronnie in the show but was killed off. Despite this, show bosses are hopeful that the actor will be able to appear in the brand new series as part of a flashback episode. Whilst details on series two are still up in the air, a BBC insider told the Mirror: 'The shape of season two is up in the air but one thought is that Sean Bean will return as Ronnie in an episode about his backstory.' Speaking about the support the series has received and what is to come from future episodes, the show's creator and lead writer, Stephen Butchard, said: 'We have all been blown away by the incredibly positive response to This City is Ours. "I can't thank the audience enough for their time and emotional investment. "My heartfelt thanks also to Lindsay Salt and her wonderful team at BBC Drama for their unflinching support and continued belief in the show, our story and our characters - and not least for this opportunity to do it all over again! See you soon!' The show also follows the love affair of Michael (James Nelson-Joyce) and Diana (Hannah Onslow) - set against the disintegration of Michael's crime gang. Discussing her role as Diana, Hannah said: "Her and Michael's relationship is very strong, they really do love each other so much. BBC's racy new crime drama This City Is Ours as sex scene airs within minutes "They are both at a big turning point in their life and want to start a family together. "I don't think Diana knew she could ever feel this way about someone, and I think the same goes for Michael. "Their relationship is really special, beautifully written and it has been a complete joy to do it with James." Further cast members include Derry Girls ' Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Gavin and Stacey 's Laura Aikman and Waterloo Road 's Jack McMullen. This City is Ours airs on BBC One and all episodes are available on BBC iPlayer. 4 4
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
This City is Ours: BBC hit drama to return for a second series
The BBC drama This City is Ours will return for a second series after attracting more than six million viewers, the broadcaster has in Liverpool, the eight-episode thriller about the lives and loves of the Phelan family - operating against the backdrop of drug trafficking - has become the corporation's most-watched new drama this Sean Bean and Julie Graham, it featured Liverpudlian actors James Nelson-Joyce – who has been touted as a potential James Bond replacement - and Jack McMullen. Creator Stephen Butchard said he had been "blown away by the incredibly positive response", adding: "I can't thank the audience enough for their time and emotional investment." The series, which chronicles the battle for control over a cocaine-trafficking gang, filmed some scenes in Spain and will be sold to foreign saga also won viewers' hearts with lighter moments that included Sean Bean, as gang leader Ronnie Phelan, leading a charge of golf buggies to the theme from the film Apocalypse Now.A scene featuring the cast line-dancing to the 1950s song The House of Bamboo has led to various imitations that have gone viral online. Dubbed the "Scouse Sopranos" – in reference to the successful US crime drama – the show was partly funded by the Liverpool Film Office, with the regional authority saying the production boosted the local economy by £9m. Details have not yet been released about the second series cast and filming start of BBC Drama Lindsay Salt credited the production team who "brought it to the screen so classily"."I'm delighted that we now get to build on this fantastic first run and show that things are only just getting started for this very special series," she said. Although the series climax airs on BBC One later on Sunday, the full season has been available on BBC iPlayer where about three million people have already watched the producer Sian McWilliams, from Left Bank Pictures, said: "After the tumultuous events of the season one finale, the gang rivalries and betrayals have escalated to new levels, new ones have just begun, and there is a lot of unfinished business." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
