{"id":251716,"date":"2026-07-13T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/theo-burrell-cause-of-death-antiques-roadshow-star-39-passes-just-months-after-wedding\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:13:57","slug":"theo-burrell-cause-of-death-antiques-roadshow-star-39-passes-just-months-after-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/theo-burrell-cause-of-death-antiques-roadshow-star-39-passes-just-months-after-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Burrell Cause of Death: &#8216;Antiques Roadshow&#8217; Star, 39, Passes Just Months After Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have tragic news to report from the world of television.<\/p>\n<p>Theo Burrell \u2014 the ceramics expert who gained fame through her appearances on <em>Antiques Roadshow<\/em> \u2014 has passed away. <\/p>\n<p>She was just 39 years old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-1024x686.png\" alt=\"Theo Burrell during one of her appearances on 'Antiques Roadshow.'\" class=\"wp-image-558912 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-2048x1373.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-960x643.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-1080x724.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-1.38.58-PM-1200x804.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theo Burrell during one of her appearances on \u2018Antiques Roadshow.\u2019<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>News of Burrell\u2019s passing comes courtesy of a statement from her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that I share the news that Theo passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday afternoon. Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,\u201d they wrote on social media today, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was an incredible person who fought hard for her family, friends and raising awareness of this cruel disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her death comes just months after Burrell married her longtime partner, Alex.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Burrell was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Daqj8jgNh0w\/?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:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>At the time, doctors told her that 12 to 18 months to live.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she persevered and lived to celebrate several important milestones, including her wedding and her son\u2019s first day of school.<\/p>\n<p>She also dedicated herself to advocating for cancer patients everywhere, becoming a patron of Brain Tumor Research in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, Burrell\u2019s family praised her for bringing her \u201cso much comfort and strength in her darkest moments\u201d to other cancer patients and their families.<\/p>\n<p>They explained that what Burrell wanted most was \u201cfor other people to find hope in her story. Hope that the statistics aren\u2019t gospel and that one day they\u2019ll be very different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken that we have lost the phenomenal, determined and truly inspiring Theo Burrell to this devastating disease,\u201d Brain Tumor Research Center chief executive Dan Knowles told the BBC (via <em>People<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was always very open about her prognosis and knew from the outset her cancer was terminal but she was absolutely determined to make a difference for others. She constantly inspired us with how big her heart was and we will continue on our mission, driven by everything she taught us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our condolences go out to Theo Burrell\u2019s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.<\/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.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/theo-burrell-cause-of-death-antiques-roadshow-star-39-passes-just-months-after-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes We have tragic news to report from the world of television. Theo Burrell \u2014 the ceramics expert who gained fame through her appearances on Antiques Roadshow \u2014 has passed away. She was just 39 years old. Theo Burrell during one of her appearances on \u2018Antiques Roadshow.\u2019 (YouTube) News of Burrell\u2019s passing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251716","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=251716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}