Olivia Summer Hutcherson and Amy Robach.Photo:Amy Robach/Instagram
Amy Robach/Instagram
Amy Robachis remembering the life of her late friend Olivia Summer Hutcherson.
On Wednesday, the journalist, 50, shared that Hutcherson, whom she had met after receiving her owncancer diagnosis, had died from the disease.
“I first met sweet@oliviadance1one year after my own cancer diagnosis. We were both in remission and feeling hopeful and positive after our Stage 2 diagnoses,” Robach shared in a heartfelt social mediapost.
“A few years later, Olivia was diagnosed with stage 4 metastaticbreast cancer. She took that news and fought.”
The television personality then described some of Hutcherson’s most admirable traits: “She danced. She inspired. She believed. She loved. She LIVED," Robach wrote.
Amy Robach and Olivia Summer Hutcherson.Amy Robach/Instagram
“In loving memory of Olivia Summer Hutcherson, 1989 - 2023,” the first slide read, along with a photo of the three-time survivor sitting and smiling.
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Robach has been open about her cancer journey. On Oct. 30, she shareda celebratory social media update regarding her health.
“10 years ago today I became a survivor…. to everyone out there fighting the fight, I salute you 🩷#breastcancerawareness.”
In theInstagram post, Robach was seated in a chair at a medical facility, hooked to an IV machine. With her free arm, she made a muscle with her fist held high and smiled. The post was shared on the final day ofBreast Cancer Awareness Month.
Robach was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 when she was a correspondent forGood Morning Americaand got an on-air mammogram.
Amy Robach on ‘Good Morning America’.Paula Lobo/Disney/Getty
Paula Lobo/Disney/Getty
It was her first-ever mammogram, and she did not have a family history of the disease.
During an August 2016 interview withGood Housekeeping, she revealed that her results came as a shock.
“I started dry heaving,” she said. “I had no idea how I was going to tell my daughters.”
Robach had a double mastectomy and endured eight rounds of chemo, but used her platform to speak to others about their health, often participating at cancer conferences throughout the U.S.
Amy Robach speaks onstage.Noam Galai/Getty
Noam Galai/Getty
“I’m a living, breathing reminder that it can happen to you and to take your health seriously,” she told the outlet.
The following year, at a Breast Cancer Research Fund luncheon in New York City, Robach told PEOPLE that she thinks of the day of her breast cancer diagnosis as an important anniversary.
“October 30 is the day I found out I had breast cancer, and that’s the dayI’m going to start marking my anniversarybecause that’s the day I started surviving,” she previously said.
source: people.com
