Current:Home > InvestTikToker Teresa Smith Dead at 48 After Cancer Battle -Secure Growth Solutions
TikToker Teresa Smith Dead at 48 After Cancer Battle
View
Date:2025-04-14 01:55:19
TikTok has lost a singing star.
Teresa Smith—known on the app as queenzziel0cthevoice—died Feb. 14 at her home in Stockton, Calif., after being diagnosed with cancer, her daughter Yolundria Rooks told TMZ. She was 48.
"It is with a heavy heart to announce that my mother The Icon, The Diva, Miss Teresa Smith also known as 'Queezielocthevoice' has suddenly passed away," Rooks later shared on a GoFundMe page. "Teresa has been loved by millions of family, friends and followers."
Her relatives are seeking donations to cover travel and funeral costs, with Rooks explaining that Smith "always wanted to go home to Macon, Georgia and be buried with her son Josiah Smith who passed away at the tender age of 15."
"Please keep me and my family in prayers during this time of mourning more than anything," she continued. "As I have to prepare and get ready to send my Queen home, I just want to thank all those who loved my mom and all of her followers for supporting her. Love you all God Bless!"
Smith shared her ovarian cancer diagnosis with her family in November, according to Rooks, who told TMZ that the disease had recently spread to her mom's lungs.
The R&B and gospel artist—who covered Billie Eilish's song "What Was I Made For?" in one of her most popular videos—frequently posted her music on TikTok, as well as family moments and "self-esteem" videos to boost self-love online. As she wrote in one Jan. 23 video, "im beautiful without hair."
She is survived by her children, including daughter Meaty and son James Smith.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (791)
Related
- Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
- Super Bowl LVIII: Nickelodeon to air a kid-friendly, SpongeBob version of the big game
- Six weeks before Iowa caucuses, DeSantis super PAC sees more personnel departures
- US makes offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejected it
- Kansas City Chiefs CEO's Daughter Ava Hunt Hospitalized After Falling Down a Mountain
- Two separate earthquakes, magnitudes 5.1 and 3.5, hit Hawaii, California; no tsunami warning
- Young and the Restless Actor Billy Miller’s Cause of Death Revealed
- New Orleans marsh fire blamed for highway crashes and foul smell is out after burning for weeks
- 51-year-old Andy Macdonald puts on Tony Hawk-approved Olympic skateboard showing
- Six weeks before Iowa caucuses, DeSantis super PAC sees more personnel departures
Ranking
- Connie Chiume, South African 'Black Panther' actress, dies at 72
- High-speed rail line linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles area gets $3B Biden administration pledge
- 13 Winter Socks That Are Cute, Cozy & Meant to Be Seen By Everyone
- Taraji P. Henson on the message of The Color Purple
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Serena Williams Reveals Her Breastmilk Helped Treat the Sunburn on Her Face
- Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ against women
- The Gaza Strip: Tiny, cramped and as densely populated as London
Recommendation
House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28
Dancing With the Stars Season 32 Winners Revealed
China raises stakes in cyberscam crackdown in Myanmar, though loopholes remain
Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
The Excerpt podcast: Israel targets south Gaza; civilians have few options for safety
Rep. Patrick McHenry, former temporary House speaker, to retire from Congress
Family of man who died after struggle with officer sues tow truck driver they say sat on his head