TikTok star Dominque McShain dead at 21 after colon cancer battle, telling fans she only had days, weeks to live
A 21-year-old TikTok star has died from colon cancer after she announced to her followers earlier this month that she was given weeks to live by her doctor.Dominique McShain’s death was confirmed by PEOPLE on Wednesday, a year after the New Zealand-based influencer revealed she had been diagnosed with incurable colorectal cancer last April.The exact date of her death is still unknown.McShain wrote a heartbreaking Instagram post to her followers on April 6, sharing that she would no longer be posting content as she neared the end of her life.“I want to be direct with you all: this will be my final update on my cancer journey until I have passed away,” she wrote.“I’ve recently been given a prognosis about five days ago of only a few days to a few weeks to live.”She shared that her liver was “failing rapidly,” which caused her cancer to spread and made it impossible to receive treatments, including the chemotherapy she had been on for the last 7 months.“At this point, I’ve transitioned into end-of-life care, focusing on pain relief and managing side effects, with so much time spent in both the hospital and hospice facilities,” McShain shared.The TikToker said that, although her life may be short, she “genuinely” felt she had “squeezed every bit out of it.”“I won the lottery with a family that loves me unconditionally, friends who would 10000% donate a liver to me or do anything they could (and probably argue over who gets to do it), and the sweetest husband, Sean, who’s been my rock through everything – before and after my diagnosis,” McShain wrote.The social media star got engaged to her boyfriend Sean Suson in May 2024, on McShain’s 21st birthday, and months after her cancer diagnosis.
The couple tied the knot that July.“Of course, there are so many key adult moments I won’t get to experience, things I won’t get to be or have, and that’s something I’ve had to come to terms with,” McShain wrote in her April 6 post.�...