The Bachelor US alum Hailey Merkt has died after a battle with most cancers. She was 31.

Merkt, who appeared on season 21 of the favored relationship present, handed away on Friday July 26.

“It’s with damaged hearts we share that our beloved Hailey has handed away after a brave combat for her life,” a press release posted to Merkt’s Instagram account this morning learn.

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After changing into recognized with Leukemia, Merkt underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant in a “combat for her life”. Regardless of the challenges, Merkt’s family members mentioned “Hailey confronted this journey with unimaginable energy, grace, and selflessness”.

“Her willpower, braveness and can to dwell surpassed each timeline the docs gave her, and she or he selected to spend her remaining moments surrounded by family members and doing what she cherished most with no regrets,” the Instagram assertion continued.

“She is going to eternally be remembered as something however boring, at all times hysterically humorous, and as somebody who lived absolutely within the current second. Hailey embraced life with an unmatched zest; her stunning spirit has touched numerous lives.”

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Upon studying the information, lots of Merkt’s pals, household and colleagues took to Instagram with tributes for her.

Lacey Palumbo, one among Merkt’s The Bachelor costars expressed her disappointment on the information writing: “[Hailey] was such a gem, the kindest soul, so enjoyable to be round. RIP”

“Struggling to search out the phrases is an understatement, most likely as a result of there aren’t any phrases that may ever really feel proper,” wrote Merkt’s shut good friend Jodie Lavery.

As Merkt’s battle with most cancers progressed she took to Instagram to share her journey.

“Actually scared to publish this however it is time to let lots of people know that care about me know what’s taking place with me,” she wrote on her Instagram story final October.

“I’ve Leukemia, and there is a fairly good likelihood I will not make it.”

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In April, she shared a constructive replace to her GoFundMe web page that she was “leukemia free” after a profitable stem cell transplant.

An replace was posted to the platform after Merkt’s passing by the organiser Christopher Bennett who wrote: “After the bone marrow transplant had taken, she was instructed she had 9 months to not even take into consideration most cancers, however in fact she solely had 6 weeks earlier than she obtained the horrible information that leukemia cells have been again and transferring quick.”

“Her first response was to say, “I do not care about myself anymore, however I am unable to bear being the reason for a lot ache for the individuals I really like.”

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