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Ryan Hadley, a tattoo artist and entrepreneur who appeared on season 6 of <\/span>Ink Master: Master vs. Apprentice<\/span><\/em>, has died. He was 46.<\/span><\/p>\n Hadley’s Instagram account shared he died Wednesday “surrounded by loved ones” following a battle with cancer. The <\/span>announcement added<\/a>, “While his life was cut short, in that time he left a legacy behind in both the art and tattoo world. He loved his many fans, his friends and clients, and most of all his children. He’ll be missed and always remembered. A legend forever. #rip #f***kcancer.”<\/span><\/p>\n Hadley began chemotherapy in December. But just a few months later, Hadley shared\u00a0the tragic news that his “<\/span>chemotherapy wasn’t a success at all<\/a>.” He added that his cancer had spread to his liver and lungs and that the cancer in was “non treatable” and “death is the outcome.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I may be around for another week or maybe another 3 months, either way\u00a0 it tears me apart that I’m leaving my children behind,” he shared at the time. “Death doesn’t scare me in any way.. it’s the fact of abandonment with my kids is what pisses me off and there’s nothing I can do about it.”<\/span><\/p>\n