{"id":1135,"date":"2024-09-13T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2024-09-13T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:14:00","slug":"taken-far-too-soon-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/taken-far-too-soon-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Taken far too soon. 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Danielle Maltby remarked, \u201cI feel so lucky to know your laugh.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ll be remembered forever,\u201d said Raven Gates, and \u201cI can\u2019t believe I won\u2019t see you again, but I\u2019ll treasure every memory,\u201d said Dominique Alexis.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey faced ups and downs throughout her path. She declared herself to be \u201cleukemia free\u201d in April, but tragically, the illness came back a few weeks later. Her first response was to declare, \u201cI don\u2019t care about myself anymore, but I can\u2019t bear being the cause of so much pain for the people I love,\u201d according to her GoFundMe page, which was created by her mourning family members.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey first appeared on Season 21 of *The Bachelor*, competing for Nick Viall\u2019s heart before being eliminated in the second week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former *The Bachelor* candidate Hailey Merkt passed away at the age of 31 following a protracted fight with leukemia. \u201cIt is with broken hearts we share that our beloved Hailey has passed away after a courageous fight for her life,\u201d read a statement that was released on her Instagram account to confirm her death. 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