Ellen Degeneres fought again tears as she delivered a tribute to Tayt Andersen, a frequent visitor of her daytime speak present who charted his lifelong coronary heart situation on his visits to see her.
“We had a really particular visitor on the present a number of occasions, and his title is Tayt,” DeGeneres mentioned in an Instagram video Friday. “He thought that I used to be his girlfriend, so I instructed him he was my boyfriend, which shocked my spouse.”
Anderson died Friday at age 19 after a lifelong battle with coronary heart illness. He was born with out the left facet of his coronary heart and endured a number of open coronary heart surgical procedures in an effort to save his life. To commemorate his dying, DeGeneres tearily shared a montage of his many visits.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Present” offered consolation for Andersen as a younger boy within the hospital, his mother mentioned in a single clip from the present, and the nurses would even schedule remedy periods round his afternoon viewings.
“He was a really particular little human being, simply introduced pleasure and life and laughter into each room that he was in, and I’ll miss him,” DeGeneres mentioned.
“I like you Tayt. I like you Chrissy. You touched so many lives,” the comic captioned the submit.
Anderson’s household revealed that final weekend he fought “one final battle” and handed away peacefully Friday morning. His mom Chrissy commented on Degeneres’ Instagram.
“We love you a lot thanks for being his girlfriend you gave him a lot energy,” she wrote.
The almost three-minute tribute performed clips from Anderson’s a number of appearances on the present. “There aren’t too many individuals who’ve a coronary heart nearly as good as yours,” DeGeneres mentioned in a single clip. “However if you wish to get one other coronary heart, that’s OK with me.”
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The Andersen household posted a carousel of photographs of Tayt’s last days to Instagram Friday, delivering the information of his passing. Anderson was 19 years previous. His household captioned the submit with the #JustKeepSwimming, the “Discovering Nemo” mantra from DeGeneres’ character Dory.
“Our hearts are completely shattered as we share the information we by no means needed to put in writing: Our candy, sturdy warrior, Tayt, was launched from his bodily jail early this morning, at 1:30 a.m. CT, surrounded by the fierce love of his household,” his household wrote in an Instagram assertion. “Whereas our souls really feel shattered and misplaced by this unimaginable grief, we’re so grateful that Tayt is lastly free. No extra ache, no extra appointments, no extra therapies.”
“Yesterday, we spent the day calling and FaceTiming household so they might say their goodbyes. We made certain to get his handprint—a small option to maintain on to him— we watched his favourite motion pictures, learn his favourite tales,” the assertion continued. “We knew Tayt’s time was restricted however we truthfully simply weren’t able to lose him.”
