Kate Rackham, known to many as 'Teacher With Cancer', has sadly passed away aged 45. The Morecambe-based mum-of-two had become a social media sensation for her frank discussions about living with incurable oestrogen-receptive breast cancer.
Diagnosed at the age of 39 without any obvious risk factors, Kate dedicated herself to raising awareness and co-founded the Fighting to be Heard Foundation.
In the past few months, Kate kept her followers, who numbered in the thousands, informed about her battle with secondary breast cancer.
Just last week, she excused her "lack of communication recently" on account of "hospital stays, procedures and uncertainty." On June 7, she posted a heart-wrenching update: "And then hearing the words, 'there is nothing more we can do'.
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