{"id":210808,"date":"2025-12-13T05:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/influencer-brie-bird-dies-at-age-9-after-battling-stage-4-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:40:25","slug":"influencer-brie-bird-dies-at-age-9-after-battling-stage-4-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/influencer-brie-bird-dies-at-age-9-after-battling-stage-4-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer Brie Bird Dies at Age 9 After Battling Stage 4 Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Brielle \u201cBrie\u201d Bird<\/strong> has died at the age of 9 after battling stage-4 cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bird\u2019s mom, <strong>Kendra Bird<\/strong>, announced the news via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/briestrongerthancancer\/p\/DSL7iuODihP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Instagram<\/span><\/a> on Friday, December 12. Her daughter passed away the day before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou are the miracle!\u201d Kendra wrote alongside a photo of her daughter smiling. \u201cYour purpose on earth was fulfilled, and it was the most sacred privilege to escort you home. You brought people to Christ, you showed the world that God is good, and your light shined to all corners of the earth. We love you for eternity!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She continued, \u201cWe will look for you in all the details, especially the dragonfly\u2019s. We will never stop sharing your story. Please come visit us often. Your bedroom door is always open, and we\u2019ll leave the playroom light on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-sheinelle-jones-is-coping-after-husband-uche-ojehs-death\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-sheinelle-jones-is-coping-after-husband-uche-ojehs-death\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">How Sheinelle Jones Is Coping After Husband Uche Ojeh&#8217;s Death<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe hosts of Today have offered some insight into how Sheinelle Jones has been coping with the death of her husband, Uche Ojeh. On May 23, Savannah Guthrie announced on the NBC morning show that Ojeh died at age 45 after a private battle with the brain cancer glioblastoma. \u201cThere are no words for the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In conclusion, Kendra wrote, \u201cYou did it Brielle, you did everything with grace! I can only imagine the incredible reunion, and I\u2019m so jealous; but I know you ran straight to Jesus. \ud83d\ude2d.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThank you,\u201d she added, \u201cfor being an inspiration to so many.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSL7iuODihP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Soon after Kendra posted the announcement, followers of her and Brie\u2019s @briestrongerthancancer account voiced their condolences in the comments section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOh! This took my breath away. Just standing in my kitchen in grief, in gratitude and in awe,\u201d <strong>Viola Davis<\/strong> remarked. \u201cWhat a lifeforce\u2026.an anointed beauty\u2026.an elixir to remind us of love. Angels are flying her home. Praying for you and your family\u2026.always. Thank you for her \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brie was diagnosed with neuroblastoma cancer in 2020 <\/span>and placed in hospice earlier this year. In September, Kendra shared that she was inspired by the way <i>Today<\/i>\u2019s <strong>Sheinelle Jones<\/strong> spoke about \u201cfinding beauty in the heartbreak\u201d after her husband, <strong>Uche Ojeh<\/strong>, died <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sheinelle-jones-returns-to-today-cries-over-husband-uche-ojehs-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">after a battle with cancer<\/span><\/a> last May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe mentions that \u2018even though she is moving forward, squeezing everything she can out of life, she is fighting for her joy,\u2019\u201d Kendra wrote via Instagram of Jones, 47. \u201cI am often asked, \u2018How are you doing?\u2019 It\u2019s become a question, that I not only don\u2019t know how to answer, but I also feel like I\u2019m completely lying, if I reply with one word answers. I know that people know our story, and when I think about what they know, and how broken I really am, I can\u2019t get myself to say, \u2018hanging in there\u2019 anymore. I am broken and hurting. I am now going to reply with, \u2018I\u2019m fighting for my joy.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In October, Kendra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mom-of-9-year-old-influencer-with-stage-4-cancer-shares-emotional-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uploaded a family photo<\/a> to Instagram, reflecting, \u201cWe have many beautiful moments in our home, and this one stood out to me. As I sat by Brielle\u2019s bedside one morning, she turned over and said, \u2018Someone is talking to me from heaven, an older person, I don\u2019t know if it was a grandma or grandpa; they said my name.\u2019 I of course, put on my brave face, and asked her what else the angels are saying to her. She couldn\u2019t keep her eyes open for long, but reassured me that she would let me know what else they say.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-brie-bird-dies-at-age-9-after-battling-stage-4-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brielle \u201cBrie\u201d Bird has died at the age of 9 after battling stage-4 cancer. Bird\u2019s mom, Kendra Bird, announced the news via Instagram on Friday, December 12. Her daughter passed away the day before.\u00a0 \u201cYou are the miracle!\u201d Kendra wrote alongside a photo of her daughter smiling. \u201cYour purpose on earth was fulfilled, and it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-210808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}