{"id":826750,"date":"2026-07-27T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826750\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:37:16","slug":"rebecca-luna-tiktokker-known-for-sharing-her-journey-living-with-early-onset-alzeimers-dies-aged-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826750\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Luna: TikTokker known for sharing her journey living with early-onset Alzeimer\u2019s dies aged 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">TikTok content creator Rebecca Luna, who documented what it was like living with early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s, has died at the age of 49.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Canadian single mum ended her life with voluntary assisted dying on Saturday about 1.15pm, with her eldest daughter Maya by her side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Maya confirmed her mother\u2019s death, saying she has \u201cpassed peacefully surrounded by loved ones\u201d and thanked Luna\u2019s social media followers for \u201call the love, support and privacy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Luna first revealed her diagnosis on TikTok in April 2025 and soon grew a following of more than 94,000 fans thanks to her candid updates about living with Alzheimer\u2019s and going to doctor\u2019s appointments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Her followers knew she was pursuing voluntary assisted dying (or medical aid in dying as it\u2019s known in Canada and the US) which was originally scheduled for early August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cPrior to the dates changing for the last year and a half has been legally and medically not my choice. But for the last two weeks I\u2019ve been making the decision,\u201d Luna said in one of her final videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAnd it\u2019s a hard decision to make, because I\u2019m living in a body that doesn\u2019t feel comfortable, safe, good, nothing. It feels terrible. And so the idea of waiting two weeks felt like too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/247a045f0f3e82a512451533c9bf34e24c289979.jpg\" alt=\"Luna's eldest daughter was by her mother's side.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconLuna&#8217;s eldest daughter was by her mother&#8217;s side. Credit: GoFundMe\/Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She also acknowledged the pain she has experienced throughout her life, saying she has \u201csuffered enough in this world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cBut at the same time, the suffering has brought me to this place of \u2018I really know who I am and I really know that I have a good f&#8230;ing heart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">On June 18, Luna created a <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/qpbc7t-end-of-life-expenses\">GoFundMe<\/a> page for her fans and the public to help raise money to cover end-of-life costs for her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHi, as a lot of you know I was diagnosed at age 48 with Young Onset Alzheimer\u2019s,\u201d she said on the fundraiser page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019m 49 and I will be accessing MAID as my decline has come faster than I had hoped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve been a single mama (proudly) all my life so my lovely followers suggested I do a go fund me for the end of life expenses so I don\u2019t leave my loved ones behind with that responsibility on top of their own grief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAll blessings and well wishes are warmly appreciated and I love you all. I couldn\u2019t have come this far without you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">More than $9000 has been raised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TikTok content creator Rebecca Luna, who documented what it was like living with early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s, has died at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,4794,995,1625],"class_list":["post-826750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-health-fitness","tag-influencers","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}