PARENTING YouTube influencer Jenny Apple, who spent the last two years openly documenting and sharing her cancer battle with followers, has died at 36.
The news were confirmed by her husband, Kyle Appleford, who shared a heartbreaking video on Jenny’s popular YouTube channel.
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“Jenny, our beautiful girl, our beautiful angel, has become an angel,” said Kyle at the start of the video.
He revealed that Jenny died on November 5th, at 5am.
Kyle explained that he found the coincidence in numbers “pretty fitting,” since she believed in the importance of signs.
“Jenny’s earthly body is gone,” he said.
“Her soul and her spirit will live on in all of us forever.”
Kyle revealed that Jenny was on hospice for less than a week, and that she managed to come home and spend time with her kids.
“She was ready to go,” he said.
He explained that Jenny always told him that once she died she wouldn’t have lost the fight against cancer.
“She used to say, ‘When I’m gone and my heart is no longer beating, that cancer will not be able to survive,'” he said.
Jenny Apple became a famous mommy blogger, posting videos and content on Instagram and YouTube, developing a huge following across platforms.
She began posting in 2015, long before she got sick.
Jenny and Kyle share two children called Ellis and Winnie.
In 2021, Jenny revealed she was diagnosed with a form of inoperable stage three lung cancer.
The cancer progressed, advancing to stage four and spreading to her brain and some lymph nodes.
In July 2023, the parents revealed to the kids that Jenny was sick.
She shared the news on a video called “We told the kids I’m dying.”
Kyle defended the video from critics, saying, “It takes a lot of courage to be honest with them because it’s a scary thing to say but this is the route and I’m glad we did it.”
In a recent video shared on Jenny’s YouTube channel, Kyle revealed that Jenny was home and resting.
“Jenny wanted me to keep doing little updates,” he said in the video, posted on Saturday.
“We met her hospice nurse in person (and) had some very long, difficult conversations.”
Kyle shared that Jenny had been sleeping a lot and managing the situation as best as possible.
“We’re trying to fully decorate the house for Christmas,” he said.
“That was something she wanted.”
Followers of Jenny’s content took to the comments section in her YouTube channel to share their thoughts and say goodbye to her.
“Jenny won her cancer battle a long time ago because cancer NEVER took away her kindness, compassion, gratitude, motivation, humor and drive,” wrote a follower.
“In fact, all cancer did was motivate her to form this community that has reached around the world and unified so many of us.”
“Kyle, you were such an amazing, supportive, and loving husband,” wrote a second person.
“Jenny was an amazing woman, wife, mother, and friend.”
“My heart aches for you, your children, your family and Jenny’s friends.”