TikTok's Bella Brave, whose actual name is Bella Thompson, has died at the age of 10. Her heartbroken mother, Kyla Thomson, shared an update via TikTok on July 15, 2024. The post was a video of Bella twirling around in a purple dress with "Never Enough" by Loren Allred playing over it. "Our brave girl left her legacy here on earth to dance on streets of gold July 14th 2024 at 4:19pm ET. Bella passed peacefully in our arms," the post read.
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The mother asked for people to keep her memories alive.
"Please keep her name on your lips, her memories alive and her bravery in your hearts. Please share with us every detail of how she touched your life or kept you brave," the post continued. "Bella would want you to remember; God is love, be brave and you are never too old to bring a stuffy. ."
Supporters of Bella gathered in the comments.
"We love u bella brave always in our hearts," one person commented.
"I just came for an update only to be heart broken. im So sorry Bella Brave. I saw you as a Disney Princess," another supporter wrote. "May you be an Angel protect the people who loved you during your lifetime."
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Kyla shared a statement to People.
"Everything is hard without her. Please help me let the world know I need them to share with us how Bella touched their lives, helped them or how she lives on in their hearts & lives," Bella's mom shared. "Don’t ever stop sharing her love and light. Don't let her memory ever fade. Continue to be brave, be closer to God and love each other fiercely, for her. Though she be but little, she is fierce."
Bella went viral because of her parents documenting her health challenges.
Bella had Hirschsprung’s disease, which is a rare, life-threatening bowel illness, along with severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID. Her parents decided to document her positive personality as she dealt with health challenges, which ultimately garnered her a lot of support from all over the world.
Kyla also talked to People on July 11, 2024.
Bella was placed under a medically induced coma because of complications from a viral infection in her lungs, Kyla shared with the magazine days before her daughter's death. “We are, of course, gutted for Bella. Her bowel transplant last August was supposed to be the last medical trauma she would ever have to endure,” Kyla said then. “We are not out of the woods.”
Bella described what she thought Heaven was like before her death.
Before her death, People had asked Bella what her thoughts on Heaven were. "Heaven has a lot of clouds, a big castle built of clouds. God would be there," she said at the time.
"She was fearless," Kyla said. "What ever she faced I never saw fear in her. She taught me bravery."
