Comic Alex Duong had religion he would beat his most cancers simply two months earlier than he tragically died.
Duong battled alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a uncommon and aggressive most cancers affecting gentle tissue, for a yr earlier than he died Saturday.
He was 42 years outdated.
Duong’s final Instagram put up was on Jan. 28, when he shared a video of his good friend asking for followers to help the comic and actor after his most cancers battle took a flip for the more severe.
The good friend shared, “I simply came upon my boy Alex, he’s been battling eye cancers, fairly some time … and it was going good and he lately had a seizure. And the factor with the seizure, they came upon he has one thing in his backbone, man.”
Duong heartbreakingly commented, “👏👏 I’ll stroll out of right here.”
On Friday, Duong’s good friend Hilarie Steele shared on a GoFundMe created for the comic and his household — his spouse, Christina, and their 5-year-old daughter, Everest — that the “Blue Bloods” actor’s situation modified all of the sudden.
“He has gone into septic shock, a extreme and life-threatening an infection that has overwhelmed his physique,” she wrote. “He’s within the hospital, and the scenario is vital. The whole lot has modified so shortly.”
The following day, she introduced his dying and stated that he was “snug” and “fortunately out of ache.”
“He was alert sufficient to say goodbye to his little lady, whom he has treasured each second because the day she was born,” she wrote.
“We’re devastated, however so grateful for the help, prayers and generosity you’ve got all proven throughout this unimaginable time.”
Duong had the help of fellow comedians after he was identified with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in early 2025.
In August 2025, “The Alex Duong Has Most cancers In His Eye Comedy Profit Present” was held on the Largo in Los Angeles, which featured comedians like Ronnie Chieng and Andrea Jin.
Duong informed the Los Angeles Instances about his most cancers battle final yr, “Comedians all the time have one another’s backs when occasions are sh–t. We all know how arduous it’s to pine and wrestle and scrape by on this way of life, simply so we will do these jokes and maintain bettering.”
“It’s a phenomenal factor to see on this world; it truly is,” he stated.
