Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell has died at 39, four years after she defied a grim prognosis and used her battle with an aggressive brain tumor to advocate for cancer awareness and research. Her family confirmed her death Saturday in a moving Instagram tribute. “It is with great sadness that I share the news that Theo passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday afternoon,” the post reads. In 2022, the ceramics and glass expert from Edinburgh was diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and was given just 12 to 18 months to live. However, despite a difficult battle that included brain surgery and 17 rounds of chemotherapy, Burrell lived with the disease for four years after her diagnosis, during which she married her partner, Alex, on March 28 and got to experience her son’s first day of school. During her fight, Burrell advocated for awareness of her disease and for government-funded cancer research, and also became involved with the philanthropic organization Brain Tumor Research. “The cancer community provided so much comfort and strength to her in her darkest moments,” the post continues. “But most of all it provided hope, and I think what she would want most of all is for other people to find hope in her story.”
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