Amy Robach remembers the life of her late friend Olivia Summer Hutcherson.
On Wednesday, the 50-year-old journalist said that Hutcherson, whom she met after her own cancer diagnosis, died of the disease.
“I first met the sweet @oliviadance1 a year after my own cancer diagnosis. We were both in remission and feeling hopeful and positive after our Stage 2 diagnosis,” Robach shared in a heartfelt social media post.
“A few years later, Olivia was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She accepted the news and fought.”
The television personality then went on to describe some of Hutcherson’s admirable qualities: “She danced. She inspired. She believed. She loved. She LIVED,” Robach wrote.
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Amy Robach and Olivia Summer Hutcherson.
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Robach continued, “Your last words to me were encouragement, love, acceptance and faith. I will continue your mission of love.” Her Instagram caption was accompanied by a carousel of images, starting with a flyer announcing Hutcherson’s departure.
“In memory of Olivia Summer Hutcherson, 1989 – 2023,” read the first slide, along with a photo of the three-time survivor sitting and smiling.
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Other pictures shared by Robach included the two posing for a selfie during a night out and Hutcherson visiting a female reporter on set GMA3.
Robach spoke openly about her cancer journey. On October 30, she shared the celebratory news on social media about her health.
“10 years ago today I became a survivor…. salute to everyone fighting the battle 🩷 #breastcancerawareness.”
In the Instagram post, Robach was sitting on a chair in a medical facility, attached to an IV machine. She made a fist-raised muscle with her free hand and smiled. The post was shared on the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Amy Robach on ‘forever bonded’ with Robin Roberts who invited her to a life-saving mammogram
Robach was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 when she was a correspondent for Good morning America and received a live mammogram.
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Amy Robach in ‘Good Morning America’.
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It was her first mammogram, and she had no family history of the disease.
During the interview with August 2016 Good housekeepingshe revealed how her results shocked her.
“I started to get up,” she said. – I had no idea how I would tell my daughters.
Robach had a double mastectomy and endured eight rounds of chemotherapy, but used her platform to talk to others about her health, often attending cancer conferences across the US
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Amy Robach speaks on stage.
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“I’m a living, breathing reminder that it can happen to you and to take your health seriously,” she told the newspaper.
The following year, at a Breast Cancer Research Fund luncheon in New York City, Robach told PEOPLE that she considers the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer to be an important anniversary.
“The 30th October is the day I found out I had breast cancer, and that’s the day I’ll start marking my anniversary because that’s the day I started surviving,” she said earlier.
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