CoppaFeel! laminitis Kris Hallenga has died aged 38 aft she was diagnosed with bosom crab astatine 23.
The campaigner, from Cornwall, was archetypal diagnosed successful 2009 with incurable secondary bosom crab and fixed a beingness expectancy of conscionable 2 years.
Kris taught a procreation however to marque definite bosom crab is diagnosed aboriginal and accurately, portion determined to face her unwellness head-on.
In a connection connected X, CoppaFeel! said: 'We stock the bittersweet quality that our founder, boob chief, colleague, person and queen of glittering turds, Kris, has died.
'Kris approached beingness successful a creative, amusive and fearless way, showing america that it is imaginable to unrecorded beingness to the afloat with cancer.'
Kris and her duplicate sister Maren took their foundation CoppaFeel! to immense heights - including creating checking tools, projecting onto the Houses of Parliament, and showing the archetypal nipple connected a billboard.
CoppaFeel! laminitis Kris Hallenga (pictured), who had signifier 4 bosom cancer, has died aged 38
The campaigner was archetypal diagnosed successful 2009 with incurable secondary bosom crab and fixed a beingness expectancy of conscionable 2 years
We stock the bittersweet quality that our founder, boob chief, colleague, person and queen of glittering turds, Kris, has died. Kris approached beingness successful a creative, amusive and fearless way, showing america that it is imaginable to unrecorded beingness to the afloat with cancer. Statement astatine https://t.co/cTQSOTo00Z pic.twitter.com/tkQ7ZMih6v
— CoppaFeel! (@CoppaFeelPeople) May 6, 2024The foundation has a immense pursuing connected societal media and encourages pistillate to cheque their breasts for signs of cancer.
Kris is the best-selling writer of Glittering A Turd, a publication which details however she discovered her beingness aft being told she would die.
In its statement, CoppaFeel added: 'In 2009 Kris was diagnosed with secondary bosom crab astatine the property of 23, aft being turned distant from her GP for implicit a year.
'By the clip she was diagnosed, it was terminal. Kris' ambition was for nary 1 other to find themselves successful her presumption and truthful CoppaFeel! was born, to guarantee bosom cancers are diagnosed aboriginal and accurately.
'Kris has reached millions of radical with her connection of wellness advocacy and empowerment, successfully campaigned for crab acquisition to beryllium included successful the schoolhouse curriculum, won the Women of the Year Outstanding Young Campaigner award, received an Honorary Doctorate successful Public Administration from Nottingham Trent University and wrote a Times Best Selling book: Glittering a Turd.
'Kris' beingness ngo was that CoppaFeel! would nary longer request to exist, with precocious diagnosis of bosom crab eradicated successful her lifetime. We are committed to continuing Kris' legacy, to guarantee that everyone has the champion accidental of surviving a blessed and steadfast life. If you'd similar to enactment this mission, you tin donate here.'
The foundation added: 'For 15 years Kris had been surviving with secondary bosom cancer. She hasn't mislaid a battle, she wasn't successful a combat and she surely wouldn't privation you to spot her decease arsenic tragic. She was simply living. She was 38 and died with fulfilment and a bosom afloat of love.
Kris made a conscious determination to look her unwellness head-on and prehend each opportunity
Kris is the best-selling writer of Glittering A Turd, seen present with an advert for her publication which details however she discovered her beingness aft being told she would die
'Kris' household person 1 petition – for bid and privateness to let them the clip and abstraction needed to process Kris' death. We would similar to convey our assemblage for your emotion and messages of enactment and kindly inquire that you respect the family's wishes astatine this time.
'Please retrieve the astonishing beingness Kris led and the things she achieved, but supra each other honour her representation by checking your chest…it could conscionable prevention your life.
'Trust your body, judge successful hope, permission country for miracles.' Kris Hallenga.
'With emotion from each astatine CoppaFeel! HQ x.'
In May past year, Kris revealed her program to signifier a 'living funeral' so she could get 'drunk connected emotion and gratitude' earlier she dies.
Next to an representation of her with her feline Lady Marms, the best-selling writer wrote: 'YODO (you lone dice once).
'I person done a thing. I've made a beauteous large determination to person a surviving funeral, a FUNeral to beryllium precise, earlier I die.
'I privation to beryllium contiguous astatine the lawsuit wherever my radical person a happening oregon 2 to accidental astir me, wherever I person the accidental to amusement however overmuch they mean to me, to beryllium drunk connected emotion and gratitude for having these radical successful my beingness and to toast to my affluent and beauteous existence.'
Kris went connected to accidental that she had ne'er been to a surviving ceremonial truthful would beryllium making it up arsenic she went along, but that it had already been an 'enormously affectional ride' and reflected connected what a privilege it was to beryllium successful this position.
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