> Digital CultureSydney Towle, the TikTok creator who spent the past three years documenting her battle with a rare form of bile duct cancer for a community of 1.1 million followers, has died. Towle's death was announced Thursday in a video posted to her TikTok account by her older brother, Austin, one day after she died. Unlike many social media narratives about illness that emphasize relentless positivity or triumphant recovery, Towle's videos often embraced something more complicated. The comments beneath Towle's videos became a gathering place for people living with cancer, survivors, caregivers, medical professionals, and strangers who simply cared. On Thursday, the community Towle spent three years building gathered one last time, offering condolences and sharing the many ways she had changed their lives.