Popular YouTuber, Melanie Ham has died from cancer days before her 16th wedding anniversary, her husband Robert Ham has announced.
Melanie, 36, from Los Angeles, with over 811,000 followers on YouTube , posts sewing, crochet and DIY tutorials on her channel.
In 2019 she revealed doctors had found a mass in her kidney, and she was diagnosed with a type of cancer called epithelioid angiomyolipoma.
Announcing the news of her death her husband, Robert said: ‘It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness I share the news of the passing of my sweet, amazing, beautiful wife Melanie.
He shared a photo as he held his wife while she sat in a hospital bed, looking emaciated.
‘If you’ve been following our journey I’m sure you were, like us, hopeful she could defeat this insidious disease.
‘Over the past few months things have been progressively getting worse and we’re thankful that we made it to this point through the holidays and tried to make every moment count.
‘We are short 9 days of our 16 year anniversary.’
He continued: ‘My family, our doctors, our nurses and especially Melanie fought until the end and did all we could do to avoid today, but that is not our path.
Let me reassure all those rooting for us, Melanie fought like a warrior queen.
‘Despite the deep grief my family and I feel today we want to celebrate an amazing woman and a life well-lived.
She loved passionately, created beautifully, provided abundantly and was my best friend all the way to the end.’
He added: ‘She was an extraordinary woman and God has another beautiful angel.
‘She can now walk, and sing, and dance in a way her body did not allow over the last few months.
‘She relied on her faith in Jesus all the way to the end and she will always be with me.’
The father-of-two then asked for prayers for his ‘beautiful, strong children.’
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