Traci Braxton dies at age 50 following cancer battle

Celebrity reality television personality and Toni Braxton's sister

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  • Celebrity reality television personality and Toni Braxton’s sister “According to her family, Braxton Family Values” died following a battle with esophageal cancer.
  • Traci Braxton, a singer, actress, and reality TV star, has died at the age of 50.
  • Braxton had been suffering esophageal cancer, according to her relatives.
  • When the time has come to tell the world that Traci Braxton, after a year of treatment for Esophageal cancer in secret, has passed on to glory, her husband Kevin Surratt said in an NBC News statement.
  • Tomasina Perkins-Washington, Braxton’s publicist, confirmed to NBC News that the singer’s family and friends were there when she died.
  • Perkins-Washington said she also spent her last year in hospice.
  • The first thing my mother said to me when I learned she was ill was I’m going to fight and beat this,” her son Kevin Surratt Jr. stated in an Instagram post on Saturday. In the end, “she battled to the finish, and now she’s at peace.””
  • His last words were, “This hurts so much because I love my mother so much, but it gives me comfort to know she’s no longer in misery,” he said. “I’m going to miss you, mum,” I said. “I love you.”
  • Toni Braxton, Braxton’s Grammy-winning sister, also shared the news of her sister’s death on Instagram.
  • When she was younger, Braxton appeared in films including “Sinners Wanted” and “Chaaw,” and on stage in “There’s a Stranger in My House.” Braxton was born in 1971.
  • “Braxton Family Values” reality programme may have been her most well-known role “together with her siblings Toni, Towanda, Trina, Tamar, and Michael.
  • “Last Call,” which reached at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014, was also a success for her. Toni, Towanda, and Trina recorded “Broken Things” with her four years later.
  • According to her website, Braxton has dedicated a large portion of her adult life to social work for children with impairments. She devoted her time and efforts to supporting charities and nonprofits that supported women and children who were dealing with health issues and other social problems.
  • Her husband, son, siblings, and mother are all mourning her passing.

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