TikTok star Anna Grace Phelan has died at age 19 after a battle with brain cancer.
“Dear friends and family, 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,” a statement shared via Phelan’s TikTok on Saturday, May 24, read. “So many of you have followed her journey through a difficult battle with cancer and bore witness to her powerful testimony of faith.”
The message continued, “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. Let us also remember that the only path to the promised kingdom of Heaven is through salvation in Jesus Christ.”
The statement noted that details of the funeral arrangements are to follow.
“God bless her beautiful soul,” the message concluded. “John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Phelan had been open about her cancer journey with her more than 139,000 followers. In August 2024, Phelan shared that she “started to experience numbness” in the left side of her face and in the right side of her leg.
“We scheduled an MRI appointment of my brain, and that scan did show a lesion on my brain,” she said via TikTok at the time.
Phelan explained that her symptoms began getting “worse,” adding, “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. … My speech started to seem weird. My head’s very foggy.”
In September 2024, Phelan shared that she had been diagnosed with a Grade 4 malignant brain tumor.
“This is definitely the hardest news I’ve ever received by all means,” she said in a TikTok at the time. “This is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward. I just want to say thank y’all so much for all the prayers and comments and texts. I really appreciate it. It’s a very hard time for me and my family right now and everything helps.”
In one of Phelan’s final posts, she was seen surrounded by friends and family while enjoying a day outside. She captioned the May 15 TikTok upload, “Sweet moments.”
https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TikToker-Anna-Grace-Phelan-Dead-at-19-After-Brain-Cancer-Battle.jpg?crop=0px%2C467px%2C1600px%2C840px&resize=1200%2C630&quality=55&strip=all
2025-05-25 19:18:42
