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"Diem was a true fighter and brought passion to everything
she touched," MTV said in a statement. Brown had chronicled her
fight against the disease in a blog for People.com.
When Brown joined MTV in 2006 to appear on "Fresh Meat," she
revealed that she had ovarian cancer. After surgery and
chemotherapy, she returned to the network to appear in "The
Duel."
Brown was again diagnosed with cancer in 2012 and used her
experience to become a patient advocate. She hosted an MTV.com
special that year for young cancer patients and founded a gift
registry site for people experiencing medical hardship.
On Tuesday, Brown tweeted, "I need prayers and advice. My
doctors are seemingly giving up but I won't and can't roll over.
Whatever option I have to live I'm grabbing."
Brown's friends expressed their grief on Twitter.
"Hard to say with a heavy heart and teary eyes, fly high @DiemBrownMTV
#RIP," tweeted actress Brittany Baldi.
Chet Cannon, who appeared in MTV's "Real World: Brooklyn," said,
"I believe in a heaven and I have not doubt she was received
lovingly on the other end."
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney, Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy)
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