Zuza Beine, a 14-year-old influencer who fought cancer for 11 years , has died, her family announced on Tuesday.
Beine suffered from leukemia for most of her life, and she built a total following of nearly 5 million while chronicling her fight on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok .
“ She lived 11 of her 14 years with a relentless cancer , yet lived more fully and gratefully than most. Her being changed us forever, and her dying will too,” Beine’s family wrote Tuesday in an Instagram post.
Beine, a native of Waukesha, Wis., was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when she was just 3 years old. AML is an aggressive form of cancer which starts in the bone marrow, and is particularly rare in children , according to the American Cancer Society.
During her 11-year fight, Beine und