Comedian Alex Duong made a heartbreaking comment on social media just weeks before succumbing to cancer at 42

Comedian Alex Duong had religion he would hit his crab conscionable 2 months earlier he tragically died.

Duong battled alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a uncommon and fierce crab affecting soft tissue, for a twelvemonth earlier he died Saturday.

He was 42 years old.

Duong’s last Instagram station was connected Jan. 28, erstwhile he shared a video of his friend asking for fans to support nan comedian and character aft his crab conflict took a move for nan worse.

The friend shared, “I conscionable recovered retired my boy Alex, he’s been battling oculus cancers, rather a while … and it was going bully and he precocious had a seizure. And nan point pinch nan seizure, they recovered retired he has thing successful his spine, man.”

Duong heartbreakingly commented, “👏👏 I will locomotion retired of here.”

On Friday, Duong’s friend Hilarie Steele shared connected a GoFundMe created for nan comedian and his family — his wife, Christina, and their 5-year-old daughter, Everest — that nan “Blue Bloods” actor’s information changed suddenly.

“He has gone into septic shock, a terrible and life-threatening infection that has overwhelmed his body,” she wrote. “He is successful nan hospital, and nan business is critical. Everything has changed truthful quickly.”

The adjacent day, she announced his decease and said that he was “comfortable” and “thankfully retired of pain.”

“He was alert capable to opportunity goodbye to his small girl, whom he has treasured each infinitesimal since nan time she was born,” she wrote.

“We are devastated, but truthful grateful for nan support, prayers and generosity you person each shown during this unimaginable time.”

Duong had nan support of chap comedians aft he was diagnosed pinch alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma successful early 2025.

In August 2025, “The Alex Duong Has Cancer In His Eye Comedy Benefit Show” was held astatine nan Largo successful Los Angeles, which featured comedians for illustration Ronnie Chieng and Andrea Jin.

Duong told nan Los Angeles Times astir his crab conflict past year, “Comedians ever person each other’s backs erstwhile times are sh–t. We cognize really difficult it is to conifer and struggle and scrape by successful this lifestyle, conscionable truthful we tin do these jokes and support improving.”

“It’s a beautiful point to spot successful this world; it really is,” he said.