Months before Sydney Towle\u2019s death, the content creator shared the message she would\u2019ve liked to tell people in her final video.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 6, the 26-year-old\u2019s family announced that she had died the day before after a battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer that forms in the group of tubes, called ducts, that connect the liver, gallbladder and small intestine, according to the National Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n
Towle\u2019s had been diagnosed three years ago, and began sharing her journey on social media.<\/p>\n
In November 2025, she appeared on journalist Danielle Robay\u2019s \u201cQuestion Everything\u201d podcast for an episode titled \u201cToo Young for Cancer: Sydney Towle on Fighting for Her Life at 25.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the resurfaced clip after her death, Robay asked Towle if today was her last day on Earth, what would she tell people? What would she want them to know? Towle said she had been thinking about that question and what she\u2019d want people to know long after she was gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve actually thought about this before,\u201d she said. \u201cLike, if I were to make one more video, what would I say and it was my last video?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I would just remind people … to treat people with kindness,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is literally the biggest thing that I could tell anyone,\u201d Towle added. \u201cJust treat people with compassion, empathy and treat people the way that you want to be treated.\u201d<\/p>\n
And while she expressed that it \u201csounds so clich\u00e9\u201d and it\u2019s a \u201ccommon saying,\u201d she added, \u201cWe never know what someone is going through.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you could spread, like, a little bit of kindness, a little bit of positivity goes such a long way for someone else and it could make their day, their week,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s the thing that I would always tell people.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Instagram post announcing her death, Towle\u2019s family called her \u201can endless ray of sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will always love you so much Sydney. I am so proud of how hard you fought. I love you,\u201d they added in the caption.<\/p>\n
In a statement to TODAY.com, her family added that they are so proud of how hard she fought amid her cancer battle and \u201cfor sharing her journey with so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted to raise awareness for rare cancers and was passionate about promoting self-advocacy. We will continue her legacy and honor her in every way we can,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n
In a November 2024 interview with TODAY.com, Towle detailed her cancer diagnosis, as well as the chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments she underwent.<\/p>\n