Alexandra Burke, Carrie Johnson and Alice Evans lead tributes as blogger Charlie Anderson-Read, 41, loses three-year battle with aggressive pancreatic cancer

Published: 07:16 EDT, 12 October 2026 | Updated: 07:36 EDT, 12 October 2026 Blogger Charlie Anderson-Read lost her three-year battle with aggressive pancreatic cancer on Sunday. Charlie's Instagram account posted a pre-recorded final video from Charlie five hours after she died, in which she thanked her followers for all their support. The 41-year-old is survived by her wife Louise and their four-year-old daughter, Florence.Charlie gained a huge following online when she documented her journey after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer aged just 38.She was later told she had a bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, and was given six weeks to live, but she fought on for three more years. Charlie's final video began with a note from her family which read: 'At 7:30 this morning, Charlie passed. She is now at peace. 'A few weeks ago, Charlie recorded a video to share with you all after her death.'Charlie said: 'If you are watching this video, I am, unfortunately, no longer here. No, I haven’t kind of posted it from a different world. Blogger Charlie Anderson-Read, 41, lost her three-year battle with aggressive pancreatic cancer on Sunday as Alexandra Burke, Carrie Johnson and Alice Evans led tributes The 41-year-old is survived by her wife Louise and their four-year-old daughter'Someone has kindly posted this on my behalf, so thank you. I just wanted to say thank you to all of you guys. 'All of your messages and kind words have really helped me through what's been a very difficult time.'A lot of you have donated money to help out Louise and Florence for when I am no longer here and for that I'll be forever grateful. 'I hope through this being such a terrible situation for me, I hope that some of these videos have helped out at least some people. 'And through this whole ordeal, I have only come across people being kind to me, generous to me and it's just shown me how much good there is in the world. 'I hope you guys can see it all now.' Charlie continued: 'Any type of disease, terminal or whatever, is just absolutely awful and I can only imagine what it's been like for my friends and family and to people that have never met me, how hard it's been to watch my journey. Charlie's pre-recorded video was posted five hours after she passed away as she said: 'I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to you guys. Such a lovely community''There's so much I want to say but the words, I guess, I just can't find them, but I am so grateful for the life that I've led.'I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. There's nothing that I wish I'd done more, the only things are obviously I wished I had stayed with my family for longer and seen Florence grow up.'Growing emotional, she said: 'There are things like that, that obviously I wish I was here for. 'There are many things that I will miss. But there's so much that I've experienced and I've been very lucky to have these extra two and a half years. Longer than that.'For that, as well, I am eternally grateful. I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to you guys. Such a lovely community. 'So for the last time, take care everybody. I wish you all well. Keep fighting. Don't let my passing have any negative effect on people or on you. 'So all the best, keep fighting. You've got this. And I'll see you. Bye.' Charlie's JustGiving page can be visited here.