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TikToker Taylor Rousseau Grigg dies after sharing an unspecified illness
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TikToker Taylor Rousseau Grigg dies after sharing an unspecified illness

Taylor Rousseau Grigg, a 25-year-old TikToker who created lifestyle content, has died.

Her husband, Cameron Grigg, announced her “sudden and unexpected” loss in an Oct. 5 Instagram post and a GoFundMe, which discussed her “passing.”

“No one ever expects to have to deal with this kind of pain and heartache, especially at our age,” Cameron Grigg wrote at the start of a lengthy Instagram post.

No official cause of death has been given.

Grigg had previously opened up to her 1.4 million TikTok followers about her health.

In an Aug. 8 TikTok post, Grigg said she was once “very athletic” but was now “not healthy and in good shape, and hasn’t been in a long time.”

Grigg said she “got sick” shortly after getting married in August 2023. She only discovered what was happening to her “a few months” before posting the 2024 video.

“You see me being sick the whole time we’ve been married and only finding out what was wrong with me this year… I barely found out what was wrong with me. I struggled all the time with the feeling that I was going to die,” she said.

Grigg said she felt like she “had to fight for life, to live, to be here.”

“It just sucks because I’m 24 years old, I should be in my prime, I should be able to carry my suitcase up the stairs, I should be able to walk to the mailbox, or run, and those are just things that I really can’t do it right now,” she said.

The TikToker, who turned 25 in September, confirmed she had a diagnosis that she did not share.

“I was diagnosed by a doctor after not knowing what was wrong with me for a while. I haven’t been diagnosed for that long, so I’m still struggling with the fact that it’s a forever thing,” she said.

She said she wanted to keep the details of her “health issues” quiet because sharing “makes room for people to leave suggestions and tell me what to do.”

Taylor Rousseau and Cameron Grigg
Taylor Rousseau Grigg and Cameron Grigg in November 2022.Amy Graves/Getty Images

In Cameron Grigg’s Instagram post announcing her death, he said his wife had been “in and out of the hospital since we got married.”

“Over the past year, Taylor has faced more pain and suffering than most people experience in a lifetime. And despite that, she has still been so light and has always brought joy to everyone around her,” he said.

Cameron Grigg said Taylor Rousseau Grigg would donate her organs. “Her earthly body is still here and we are being controlled by machines to keep her organs viable for donation,” his message said.

Spokespeople for the Griggs confirmed to TODAY.com that her organs will go to children.

Taylor Rousseau
Taylor Rousseau Grigg in 2021.Amy Graves/Getty Images

“We would like to share that Taylor’s organs will be donated to pediatric children,” representatives wrote in a statement shared with TODAY.com. “Taylor would really like to hear this as she has always loved helping others whenever she could.”

Cameron Grigg also set up a GoFundMe because her illness affected their “financial situation,” he said on Instagram.

Taylor Rousseau Grigg was known on TikTok for content about her life, which often featured her marriage, her dog, her faith and the rural lifestyle she led. Her last TikTok, posted on September 26, followed a visit to the vet.

Although she never got the chance to speak to her followers again, Cameron addressed her followers in his post announcing her passing, noting that she was no longer in pain.

“She doesn’t owe anyone anything. But she would want everyone to know that she is (sic) more than okay,” he wrote. “While her earthly body still waits here to give the gift of life, we know that in heaven her spirit dances in the streets of gold with all her beauty and grace. Her endless shoe/boot collection. And her rhinestones and turquoise jewelry.”