TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg’s cause of death has been released, just one week after she died at age 25.
Taylor — who boasted over 1.4 million followers on the social media platform — reportedly passed away on Oct. 4 from complications related to asthma and Addison’s disease, a representative for her family told Today.com.
A source connected to the influencer’s family confirmed to People that she died from complications stemming from a severe asthma attack.
Months before her death, Taylor addressed the pain she’d been suffering while searching for a diagnosis. In an eerie video, the TikToker shared that she felt like she was “fighting for life every day.”
“A girl said that I just looked like the life has been drained out of me. Honestly, for a time there, that’s true,” she shared in the TikTok clip. “I feel like I’m fighting for life everyday. When I didn’t necessarily know what was wrong with me, I’d be in bed in pain just wishing to be dead because I just wanted it to end and I don’t necessarily feel that way now.”
Taylor held back tears while sharing, “I should be in my prime. I should be able to walk to the mailbox or run and those are just things I can’t really do right now.”
Her husband, Cameron Grigg, announced her “sudden and unexpected” death on Instagram over the weekend.
“No one ever expects to have to deal with this kind of pain and heartache, especially at our age,” Cameron’s emotional post read. “This past year Taylor has dealt with more pain and suffering than most people do in a lifetime. And in spite of that she still has been such a light and always brought joy to everyone around her.”
Calling his wife, whom he married last year, the “most brave and strong woman I know,” Cameron said that Taylor “saved my life and so many others out there.”
He also revealed that she was donating her organs.
“More than anything Taylor would want to know that she’s continuing to save people’s lives even after she’s gone from this world,” Cameron wrote. “And even though her earthly body may have failed her, her memory and life will be carried on forever. She doesn’t owe anyone, anything. But she would want everyone to know that she’s more than ok.”
Taylor’s family launched a GoFundMe to help with costs associated with her passing. Cameron noted that they “don’t have anything financially in order” and did not have insurance. As of Thursday afternoon, over $51,000 has been donated toward the $100,000 goal.
