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Anna Cardwell, the eldest daughter of Mama June Shannon, has died following a battle with cancer. She was 29.
“With the breaking coronary heart, we’re asserting that @annamarie35 is now not with us,” Shannon, 44, wrote through Instagram on Sunday, December 10. “She handed away in my residence final evening peacefully at 11:12 PM. She gave one hell of a struggle for 10 months she handed away along with her household round her like she gained’t and we’ll shall be updating y’all with extra data as we get it at this time. We love y’all and continued prayers and ideas for our household doing this troublesome time.”
Information broke in March 2023 that Cardwell, recognized for showing on Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo, was identified with stage IV adrenal carcinoma that January after she reportedly complained about extreme abdomen aches. She underwent her first spherical of chemotherapy in February.
Cardwell’s youthful sister Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson reacted to the prognosis on the time. “That is what I imply once I say you by no means actually know what someone goes via at residence. Irrespective of how well-known they’re,” Thompson, 18, wrote through her Instagram Tales. “I’m very well-known however regular s—t occurs to me and my household & y’all want to appreciate that ASAP.”
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In Could, Shannon offered an update on her daughter’s well being battle. “This spherical of chemo has been sort of totally different,” she solely advised Us Weekly. “She’s sleeping extra. It was sort of tough, this spherical.”
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Shannon revealed on the time that there have been days when she didn’t “know take care of” Cardwell’s prognosis. “I can simply think about, like, if I’m feeling that method as her mother, how she’s feeling that method as an individual who’s having to dwell with it day in, time out,” she added.
Two months later, Shannon confirmed that her eldest daughter’s cancer was terminal. “She’s not gonna go into remission,” Shannon advised Leisure Tonight. “We’ve all accepted that, so I simply inform individuals someday at a time ‘trigger you by no means know.”
Shannon famous that Cardwell had undergone 4 rounds of chemotherapy and was contemplating medical trials and immune remedy, although she was uncertain whether or not she would search additional remedy. “It’s loopy to assume that she is not going to be right here most likely in 5 years, however I’m hoping that she will pull via and struggle 10, 20 years,” Shannon stated.
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Cardwell is survived by daughters Kaitlyn, 11, whose organic father was by no means publicly recognized, and Kylee, 8, whom she welcomed with ex-husband Michael Cardwell. She had been courting boyfriend Eldridge Toney since 2019 after separating from Michael in 2017.
Shannon shared Anna — whose nickname was Chickadee — with ex David Dunn. She can be the mom of daughters Jessica, 27, and Lauryn, 23, with ex Michael Anthony Ford and Alana with ex Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson.
