Ellen DeGeneres show star dies after battle with cancer

This is so heartbreaking…

At just ten years old, a new chance came: a heart transplant. For a brief moment, it seemed like the miracle that would finally allow him to live free of constant medical intervention. But transplants carry risks, and the gift of a new heart came with complications. As a teenager, Tayt developed post-transplant lymphoma, a rare form of cancer caused by the very medications that kept his body from rejecting his heart.

A New Battle

In 2024, just a year before his passing, Tayt faced yet another brutal diagnosis—bladder cancer. He was only 18. Aggressive treatments followed, but the cancer spread relentlessly, reaching his pelvis, spine, abdomen, chest, and neck. By the summer of 2025, doctors told him the harsh truth: he had about four months left. Tayt managed three.