Comic Alex Duong
Lifeless at 42
Revealed
Beloved comic and actor Alex Duong — who appeared on “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” and “Blue Bloods” — has died after a year-long bout with most cancers, TMZ has discovered.
Hilarie Steele, a really shut good friend of the household who was there when he died, tells TMZ … Alex went into septic shock Friday evening and handed away at 11 AM Saturday at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by household and mates.
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Final 12 months, Alex was identified with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma — a uncommon and aggressive most cancers — after experiencing complications behind his eye. After a biopsy was carried out, the tumor was labeled as extraordinarily aggressive, and Alex ended up with a watch patch and rounds of remedy.
In August, comedians like Ronny Chieng, Atusko Okatsuka and others got here collectively to placed on “The Alex Duong Has Cancer In His Eye Comedy Benefit Show” on the Largo in Los Angeles.
And a GoFundMe, arrange by Hilarie, was created to assist Alex’s journey to regain sight. Now, you possibly can donate to the marketing campaign to assist his five-year-old daughter, Everest, and spouse, Cristina.
Alex was 42.
RIP
