{"id":463932,"date":"2026-10-12T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463932\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:26:08","slug":"former-councilman-randy-christian-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463932\/","title":{"rendered":"Former councilman Randy Christian passes away after battle with cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Former Lubbock city councilman Randy Christian has passed away after battling cancer, according to Christian\u2019s family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Christian represented District 5 from 2018 to 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/02\/27\/former-lubbock-city-councilman-enters-hospice-care-after-lifelong-battle-with-lynch-syndrome-cancers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/02\/27\/former-lubbock-city-councilman-enters-hospice-care-after-lifelong-battle-with-lynch-syndrome-cancers\/\">Christian entered hospice care in February<\/a> after decades of battling multiple cancers linked to Lynch syndrome. He had already survived multiple rounds of treatment and remission when he announced he was stopping treatment for his latest diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Watch Karin McCay\u2019s previous coverage on Christian\u2019s health journey: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/02\/27\/former-lubbock-city-councilman-enters-hospice-care-after-lifelong-battle-with-lynch-syndrome-cancers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2026\/02\/27\/former-lubbock-city-councilman-enters-hospice-care-after-lifelong-battle-with-lynch-syndrome-cancers\/\">Former Lubbock city councilman enters hospice care after lifelong battle with Lynch syndrome cancers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Read the full update from the Christian family below: <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cDear friends and family it\u2019s with a heavy heart that I share my father, Randy, passed away yesterday evening. His connections on here meant a lot to him. The outpouring of love and support he received when giving life updates was very comforting. I\u2019ll share details for visitation and celebration of life soon. We find peace in knowing my father is no longer suffering, but are struggling with out last goodbye. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers. Feel free to share a favorite memory you have of him here. We\u2019d love to read them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The City of Lubbock also confirmed Christian\u2019s death in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During his time on the council, Christian focused on public health and downtown revitalization, according to the city. He pushed for the creation of Source to Solution: A Regional Addiction and Recovery Symposium in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The symposium has since become an annual event hosted by the Lubbock Public Health District, offering resources, fellowship and knowledge for those affected by addiction, the city said. This year\u2019s event will be the seventh, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Christian\u2019s adopted motto was \u201cLucky Me, I Live in Lubbock.\u201d The city said his civic and personal efforts were rooted in that belief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The City of Lubbock extended condolences to Christian\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is a developing story; check back for updates<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Former Lubbock city councilman Randy Christian has passed away after battling cancer, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[319,251,168,22683,170,169,142434],"class_list":["post-463932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-kcbd","tag-local-news","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-city-council","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-randy-christian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}