Antiques crawl Star Theo Burrell has died aged 39 after a four-year battle with mind most cancers, simply over three months after marrying his long-term accomplice.
Theo’s household shared the heartbreaking information on Saturday with an emotional message written on the BBC star’s Instagram account.
“It’s with nice disappointment that I share the information that Théo handed away peacefully surrounded by his household on Wednesday afternoon,” the message learn. “Neither she nor her medical crew anticipated that this may occur this shortly.”
The put up continues: “She was an unbelievable one that fought laborious for her household, pals and to boost consciousness about this merciless illness. She noticed life occasions like her son’s first day of college and her wedding ceremony that simply over 4 years in the past we thought she would by no means see.”
“The most cancers group has given her a lot consolation and energy in her darkest occasions. However most of all, it has given her hope and I believe what she would need most of all is for different folks to seek out hope in her story. I hope that statistics usually are not gospel and that in the future they are going to be very totally different,” concludes the shifting message.
Theo, who joined the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow in 2018, is survived by her accomplice of 13 years, Alex, and their son Jonah, who was 19 months previous when she was recognized. After greater than a decade collectively, Theo and Alex shared a particular milestone earlier this yr, revealing that they had married on March 28 in an intimate ceremony attended by their family members in Edinburgh.
“Not solely did we’ve a good time, nevertheless it’s so good to be husband and spouse in any case these years collectively,” Theo wrote on Instagram alongside a marriage portrait.
Well being battle
Theo was recognized with a grade 4 mind tumor (glioblastoma) in June 2022, thought of a really aggressive and most critical kind of glioma. After present process surgical procedure and chemotherapy, a scan in December 2024 revealed the BBC star’s most cancers had grown again.
In a heartbreaking last put up two weeks in the past on June 27, Theo mentioned she “hoped to reside 12 to 18 months” when she obtained her prognosis.
“Following this information, I had many darkish ideas, together with that I would not see my son’s second birthday not to mention begin college, however I am fortunate sufficient to say that I do! And nobody can take that away from me,” she wrote. In her newest well being replace, Theo mentioned she underwent a second surgical procedure in January and misplaced her peripheral imaginative and prescient on her left.
Thought of a “pressure of nature”
A yr after her prognosis, Theo turned an advocate for Mind Tumor Analysis, a charity devoted to most cancers analysis funding, consciousness and assist. The charity wrote that it was heartbroken on the information of Theo’s demise in a prolonged assertion posted on the official web site.
“Theo was a pressure of nature, passionately campaigning to finish inequalities for mind tumor sufferers and elevating funds to gas life-changing analysis. After her prognosis in 2022, she knew her personal story would probably solely finish a technique, however she was completely decided to make a distinction for others,” the tribute reads.
The charity’s CEO, Dan Knowles, known as Theo “phenomenal, decided and really inspiring.” He added: “She was at all times very open about her prognosis and knew from the beginning that her most cancers was terminal, however she was completely decided to make a distinction to others.”