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TikTok Star Sydney Towle Dies From Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma

8/8/2026

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Sydney Towle, a U.S. TikTok influencer, died on August 5, 2026 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland from metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.
She was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma in August 2023 after an abdominal ultrasound showed a mass.
In early July 2026 she entered an NIH clinical trial.
Later scans showed lung tumors, prompting her family to place her in hospice care that week.

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Sydney Towle, a U.S. TikTok influencer, died on August 5, 2026 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland from metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.
She was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma in August 2023 after an abdominal ultrasound showed a mass.
In early July 2026 she entered an NIH clinical trial.
Later scans showed lung tumors, prompting her family to place her in hospice care that week.