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Johnny Ruffo Death Cause: Who Was Johnny Ruffo? Johnny Ruffo dies aged 35 after a long battle with brain cancer.
The singer died on Friday morning at a Sydney hospital, his spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
The heartbreaking news was announced on his Instagram page on Friday.
The actor passed away peacefully with his family and beloved partner Tahnee Sims by his side.
Ruffo was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017 after he went to hospital with painful migraines.
In August that year, he was rushed to surgery and had a 7cm brain tumour surgically removed from his frontal lobe, before undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The former X Factor star went on to praise his partner Tahnee and referred to her as his ‘guardian angel’ and said he doesn’t know what he would do without her.
Ruffo went into remission months after his initial diagnosis in 2017, but revealed in November 2020 the disease had returned.
In August 2022, he confirmed his brain cancer diagnosis was terminal and said he feared how his girlfriend Tahnee would cope once he is gone.
Ruffo marked another year of undergoing chemotherapy in December 2022, and revealed he was looking forward to having a break and spending time with family over Christmas.
The actor put on a brave face, smiling and giving the thumbs up while he sat in a chair.
‘Back in my favourite chair,’ he wrote sarcastically alongside the hashtags #ihatethischair and #f**kcancer.
In March this year, Ruffo started another round of chemotherapy and posted a photo of himself undergoing the treatment in hospital with his girlfriend Tahnee by his side.
The actor went through several rounds of the treatment before losing his battle with the disease on Friday.
‘You can only imagine how difficult it’s been for her,’ he said on The Project. ‘What plays in my head a lot is, I hate to say this, how hard it may be for her if something does happen to me.
‘So, it’s something that I don’t want to think about. It just gets me a little bit emotional about it because I know at some point something will happen, whether it’s, you know, a month from now or 10 years from now or 20 years.
‘ Ruffo told then-host Carrie Bickmore he had already outlived his life expectancy.
‘At some point it will get me but I’m still fighting. Still kicking on. Looking up my diagnosis and my tumour, the average life expectancy was three years,’ he said.
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In August 2022, he confirmed his brain cancer diagnosis was terminal and said he feared how his girlfriend Tahnee would cope once he was gone
Who Was Johnny Ruffo?
John Patrick Ruffo (8 March 1988 – 10 November 2023) was an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and television presenter notable for being a finalist on the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011.
He was the last contestant eliminated in the competition and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
In 2012, Ruffo won the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars Australia. His debut single “On Top”, released in June 2012, peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum.
Ruffo starred in the Australian soap opera Home and Away as Chris Harrington for three years from 2013 to 2016.
He also appeared on that show’s soap rival Neighbours in 2020.
Johnny Ruffo was born in Balcatta, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, to parents Jill and Pascoe Ruffo.
In 2017, Ruffo was first diagnosed with brain cancer after he went to hospital with painful migraines. In 2019, he revealed his cancer was in remission, later in 2020 he revealed it had returned, in 2022 he said his cancer diagnosis was terminal.
At age 35 Johnny passed away after a battle with brain cancer with Tahnee his partner and his family by his side.
