“Our little dancing queen, you are loved!” TikTok star Joules Smith’s parents honored their six-year-old daughter, who died following a battle with a brain tumor.
Sweet Joules died in her parents’ bed, according to a social media post by the distraught father.
In the final moments of her brief life, father Joe posted a video in which he said, “We haven’t been on social media for the last couple weeks [because] we had to spend every single second with our beautiful princess Joules.” He also said, “We didn’t leave that little girl’s side.”
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Joules passed away on December 9, 2024, and on May 27, her parents told her fans about her diagnosis.
She was identified as having diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a brain tumor that affects youngsters between the ages of five and seven and is located in the brainstem.
According to the GoFundMe page, Joule was given only nine months to live since her disease was “incurable.”
@gingerjoeandjoules We love you our little dancing queen 💕#dancingforjoules
The family sent their daughter to King’s College Hospital in London after noticing some strange things about her. There, they discovered that the lump in her brain was an aggressive type of cancer.
They made her final months of life special by pledging to spend every second with her.
In an effort to raise awareness of children’s terminal illness, Joules TikTok users created the Dancing for Joules trend by posting videos of themselves dancing.
Joules’ father committed to continue the duty even after his daughter passed away, saying, “Please, if you are going to do anything, please let’s carry on dancing for our beautiful little Joules because I know she would still be dancing.”
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Medics informed Joe’s followers that Joules didn’t have much time left a month prior to her death.
He added, “We have been able to give her the best five or six months she has ever had because they have given us the possibility of weeks.” Regretfully, we will be reaching the conclusion of our voyage.
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Joe and his wife, Esha, are grateful to everyone who helped them during their daughter’s cancer battle over the past few months.
Mom Esha wrote on Instagram, “We are heartbroken, but so proud of your princess, who made the world a better place.”
We mourn the passing of Joules Smith, a young TikTok celebrity.
During these trying times, the bereaved family is in our prayers and thoughts.