![]() News of her death was met with an outpouring of grief online, with friends and fans paying tribute to both her story and advocacy to increase awareness about metastatic breast cancer. Leonard said Harrison had died peacefully in her sleep over the weekend after suffering complications earlier this month. ![]() “Her great joy was the kindness that people show, and the magic evident in the every day bits of living,” her husband, David Leonard, tweeted Sunday. Online tributes are pouring in for Teva Harrison, a Toronto artist and author who touched readers with her poignant depictions of her journey with metastatic breast cancer in the acclaimed graphic memoir, "In-Between Days." Her husband, David Leonard, tweeted that Harrison had died peacefully in her sleep over the weekend after suffering complications earlier this month. Teva Harrison poses at her home in Toronto on Monday, April 25, 2016. The Toronto-based writer and artist drew readers into her world with her poignant depictions of battling terminal disease in an acclaimed graphic memoir, “In-Between Days.”Īfter her death at age 42, those who were closest to Harrison say her generosity of spirit will shine on not only in her work, but in the lives of the people she touched. TORONTO – After being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 37, Teva Harrison turned the time she had left into art. ![]() ![]() This article was published (1504 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]()
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