TRIBUTES have been paid to former Fox commentator and doctor Kelly Powers, who has died at the age of just 45 after a battle with cancer.
The mom was first diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, in 2020 and managed to fight the disease while becoming pregnant and giving birth to a son, Bennett, now 3.
Powers underwent three surgeries along with chemotherapy and radiation and was able to push her cancer into remission.
But the disease returned earlier this year, and friends helped to raise almost $100,000 to help pay for an experimental treatment not covered by her health insurance.
After traditional treatments failed, she planned to travel to Germany for a groundbreaking and innovative treatment.
Born in Yonkers, New York, Powers studied at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and did her residency at the Boston University School of Medicine, becoming a successful surgeon.
She later became a regular Fox commentator, appearing on the network’s Red Eye talk show as well as in segments on Fox Business about the health risks facing Americans.
In 2015, she appeared on Fox News to talk about the health effects of daylight savings time.
Powers described how she first realized something was badly wrong while hosting a segment about heart health.
She started suffering from chest pains and shortness of breath live on Fox and struggled through the rest of the segment.
“It’s crazy – I went into heart failure while doing a report on Fox Business – live – on heart health and talking about the subtle signs that women often miss,” she said in an interview with Preferred Health magazine after her diagnosis.
“You can’t make this up.”
In the same interview, she said she was trying “to keep staying positive” in the face of her diagnosis.
“I’m truly thankful to be the ‘Luckiest Unlucky Girl,’” she said.
In May 2020, Powers told Fox Nation about how she was misdiagnosed at first with a hidden heart condition.
Powers lived with Bennett and her husband Steven in the town of Colts Neck, New Jersey.
Throughout her treatment, Powers kept her sense of humor about her situation.
In one Instagram post, which included a picture of her surgery scars on the back of her head, she joked, “You should have seen the other guy!”
She cracked a joke in another post that she had “the same haircut” as her son, and she shared a picture of herself with short hair following chemotherapy while holding her young child.
Her obituary describes her as “a brave and beautiful soul who could make friends anywhere she went.”
It describes her love for her family, as well as her many hobbies, including “gardening, surfing, ballet, biking, running, horseback riding, and travel.”
Her family has asked that well-wishers plant trees in tribute to her.
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