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Jenny Appleford (@jenny_appleford via Instagram)

Jenny Appleford (1987–2023), YouTuber known as Jenny Apple

by Linnea Crowther

Jenny Appleford was a popular YouTube mommy blogger and influencer known as Jenny Apple who shared her journey with non-smoking lung cancer. 

Jenny Appleford’s legacy 

Appleford began blogging in 2015, the year her first child was born. Not yet sick at that time, she shared details of her life with a baby, and the blog continued as she had a second child in 2019. Along with updates about her family life, Appleford shared tips for eating vegan food at home and in restaurants. 

In 2021, Appleford disclosed to her followers that she had been diagnosed with inoperable stage three lung cancer. She went on to share many details of her fight with cancer, including a video telling the story of how the Applefords told their young children of Jenny’s terminal diagnosis that went viral. 

Tributes to Jenny Appleford 

Rest in peace Jenny Appleford, June 6, 1987-November 5, 2023

Posted by Susan Mallach on Wednesday, November 8, 2023

A message on the fence in their backyard from Jenny Appleford to her husband, Kyle this morning…“Every little thing is…

Posted by Lora Hite Iftikhar on Saturday, November 11, 2023

This is a beautiful video someone made of Jenny Appleford's journey through non-smoking lung cancer. She passed into…

Posted by Anita Conner on Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Full obituary: The U.S. Sun 

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