Sydney Towle, Influencer and Health Activist, Has Died

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The American content creator and health activist Sydney Towle has died, according to a post on her Instagram account on Wednesday. She was 26.

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Towle, known for sharing her life as a young woman living with cancer, passed away aged 26 on Wednesday.

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