The ex-Gers midfielder was nabbed driving a van at Dewartown, near Gorebridge in Midlothian. He married his wife Becca in August 2018 weeks before he passed away from cancer. Sophia Gallwas one of his inspirations to begin vlogging about his cancer. I love you. He turned away as he muttered, No, dont tell me what to do. The next thing I knew, I was awakened by 3 strangers pounding on my front door. Plan meals, try new foods and explore cuisines with tested recipes from the country's top chefs. As Becca Thomas sat alone reading a book in Starbucks, she had no idea she was about to meet the love of her life. He married his wife Becca in August 2018 weeks before he passed away from cancer. He didn't have to use his cane that day, as the brave bride and groom walked arm in arm down the aisle. We chatted and hung out with him for a little while, until Dan told me he had someone else I had to meet. We wondered back through to the main entrance and found Emma. Last month for Thanksgiving, Kufrin shared a charming gallery of photos to Instagram documenting their hometown trip to her native Minnesota. His daily blogs have documented his journey through his cancer battle, through the highs and lows. The Duke of York is refusing to give up his 30-bedroom mansion in Windsor. Something went wrong, please try again later. and I am a niche-less, overemotional and confused artist and writer based. Kufrin and Jacobs have been an item since appearing on season seven of Bachelor in Paradise earlier this year. ", "He made me both proud and sad in the same breath, seeing him try and battle his own body, yet still being able to laugh was remarkable.. Dan recently decided to create a bucket list which he said will involve Becca going forward. Rubbing his back and feeling all the nodules of the tumor popping up at a rapid pace. A YouTube star who married his girlfriend less than a month ago has died aged 32 after battling a rare terminal cancer. We chatted about everything and nothing for 2 straight hours until he asked, Are you free this evening? !, I yelled. "If there's anything I wanna do now, she'll be doing it with me, we'll be doing everything together," he said. For eight final days and nights, Becca watched her new groom grow weaker and weaker, and writes of "panicking" every time she had to leave his side. She and Dan sat in the cafe and chatted for hours, then he asked if she was free that evening to join him at his brother's band Joy Formidable's gig. Becca says she has been inundated with kind messages since Dan's death which has given her strength. PeeWeeToms, who started making videos to inform and inspire people with cancer, has died. My name is Becca (or Mine Hyde to some!) His brother Matt played drums for the band The Joy Formidable. . Dan Thomas, 32, was diagnosed with sarcomatoid carcinoma in 2015 and started vlogging. Dan's brother Matt Thomas is drummer for The Joy Formidable who are touring with the rockers. The singer, who was standing next to Dan's drummer brother, said: 'I'm here with your brother, sending you a lot of love, and congratulations on your wedding.'. Dan Thomas, from Dudley,has more than 150,000 subscribers on his channel and vlogged under the username PeeWeeToms. He revealed on YouTube only days later that they had got married after securing a special marriage licence and the whole day cost under 1,000 and was planned in 24 hours, reports BirminghamLive. Submit your own storyhere, and be sure tosubscribeto our free email newsletter for our best stories. Before theyd asked Dan if he wanted to be resuscitated, but the doctors were now saying it would be kinder not to resuscitate him as as there was no chance of him surviving.. RELATED VIDEO: Becca Kufrin talks Thomas Jacobs romance on the 'Talking It Out' podcast. After being cast as the lead in season 14 of The Bachelorette, Kufrin accepted Garrett Yrigoyen's proposal during the show's finale; however, Kufrin confirmed in September 2020 that she and Yrigoyen, 32, had decided to call off their engagement after two years together. I panic and feel I need to wash them, but I know the blood isnt really there. And Dan told BirminghamLive how he knew he and Becca should get married as the two had been inseparable over the last couple of months. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. We went to play junkyard crazy golf and drank champagne outside tower bridge. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The couple first met at a Starbucks near the London Eye in early in 2018 and, at first, just became good friends.
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He bought me back to life when I thought it was over, he dragged me out of the dark to see the light and the good in the world. All I know is that when Im having a good day and Im happy, Im genuinely really happy. Becca wrote that Dan, who is credited with helping an audience of millions, had also given her everything she had ever dreamed of in a husband - filling their time together with love and adventures. and introduced me to a man who looked like he was impersonating Russell Brand. I memorized all his medication and could tell the nurses exactly what he was taking when and how much. The hospital appointments, the tests, the trials. In August 2018, he married his wife, Becca, some weeks before his passing of cancer. I was once scared of blood, needles and vomit. FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the practices disclosed in our privacy policy. Mr Thomas started the account to provide 'inspiration, motivation or some get up.'. Gallery and blog of Daniel Thomas marrying Becca. "Our friends put so much together in such a short period of time for us to rush the wedding, I have no idea where I would be without them," wrote Becca. Now Becca is hoping to raise awareness of the rare cancer which claimed her husband's life and how young widows can be supported. He filled my life with crazy adventures, but not only that. And the cherry on the cake was a congrats message he received later from none other than Dave Grohl, front man for the Foo Fighters. Since meeting Dan, I hadnt missed a single hospital appointment. Dan gave me more than I could have ever asked for in a husband. He had joked with Becca about getting married and in August, he proposed. He cried. But as their friendship grew, so did the couple's feelings for each other. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I waited outside the operating room when he had surgery without general anaesthesia and tried to block my ears in case he was making noises indicating he was in pain.'. The former Bachelorette star, 31, shared a sweet snap of her and her beau on . He became a prolific vlogger about his fight with the disease, attracting 100,000 subscribers. Becca described sitting by his side while he was violently sick, going through gruelling hospital appointments, test and trials - caring for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton every step of the way, and then later Weston Hospicecare. He drifted away peacefully this afternoon and is now out of pain, which is all we could ask for. "Nobody sees a widow and thinks theyre fine so its good to say to yourself that youre not. Trying to find the right nursery, school, college, university or training provider in Kent or Medway? Never miss a story sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Hard., Is he gone? I was sitting with my nose in a book when he plopped himself down. YouTube star PeeWee Toms has died after fighting a rare form of cancer, and just weeks after marrying his fiancee. Passion! Becca Kufrin isn't letting a little cold weather get in the way of having a blast with boyfriend Thomas Jacobs .