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Hailey Merkt Dies: ‘The Bachelor’ Season 21 Contestant Was 31
Hailey Merkt, a contestant on The Bachelor Season 21, has died. She was 31.
“It is with broken hearts we share that our beloved Hailey has passed away after a courageous fight for her life,” read a post on Merkt’s Instagram page. Her determination, courage, and will to live surpassed every timeline the doctors gave her, and she chose to spend her final moments surrounded by loved ones and doing what she cherished most with no regrets.” The crowdfunding page provided more details of Merkt’s battle saying that “after a bone marrow transplant she was told she had nine months to not even think about cancer, but in truth she only had 6 weeks before she got the terrible news that leukemia cells were back and moving fast.”
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