Justin Timberlake revealed his backup singer Nicole Hurst has died. She was 39.
The “Man of the Woods” crooner paid tribute to Hurst on Instagram, sharing a variety of photos and videos of time spent with his “sister.”
While it’s unknown how Hurst passed away, she told ABC 13 Houston in 2015 that she “was diagnosed with Stage 2 triple-positive breast cancer.” In 2019, she shared on Instagram that the cancer had spread to her brain.
Hurst’s last Instagram post is from February 7 when she threw it back to her performance with Timberlake at the 2018 Super Bowl.
Hurst had been battling cancer since July 2013.
“I had four months of chemo followed by my surgery which I had a mastectomy. Even while I was on chemotherapy my tumor doubled in size,” she told ABC 13 Houston, noting that her cancer escalated to stage 3 before going into remission in 2015.
