MTV star Diem Brown has died aged 32 after long cancer battle

Diem Brown has died at 32 after a long battle with cancer. 

The reality star and advocate for cancer survivors died on Friday in a New York hospital. 

It comes just days after the MTV Real World/Road Rules Challenge star pleaded for prayers and support.

'I NEED PRAyErs and advice my doctors are seemingly giving up but I won't & can't rollover. Whatever option I have to LIVE I'm grabbing!' Diem posted on Twitter on Tuesday. 

The sad news of Diem's passing was first reported on Friday by People.com. 

MTV CO-STARS TWEET TRIBUTES

Ryan Knight: 'My heart hurts to hear that a dear friend and the sweetest most beautiful person inside and out has passed. #ripdiem @DiemBrownMTV.'

Zach Nichols: 'Words cannot express what @DiemBrownMTV meant to all of us on the challenge. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.'

Frank Sweeney: '@DiemBrownMTV Thank you for the smiles and hugs all throughout the time we had together. Enjoy the view from up there. You are missed.'

Katie Cooley: 'My heart is broken.@DiemBrownMTV was such a beautiful person inside and out. Her strength and determination is to be admired by many. RIP'

Devyn Simone: 'Speechless.Can't believe such a kind angel was taken so soon. @MTV, The Challenges, & the world in general will never be the same. #RIPDiem.' 

Chet Cannon: 'It's very sad to hear about @DiemBrownMTV's passing. I believe in a heaven and I have no doubt she was received lovingly on the other end.' 

Johnny Reilly: 'Anyone that was ever blessed with @DiemBrownMTV presence knew how much she lit up a room no bigger fighter out there, my thoughts & prayers!' 

Shortly afterwards, MTV released a statement via US Weekly, which read: 'MTV is tremendously sad to hear the news that Diem Brown has lost her long battle with cancer. We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Diem was a true fighter and brought passion to everything she touched. We will miss her.'

Her former co-stars have also been posting their condolences online. 

Diem fought cancer on-and-off for nearly a decade, and after learning it had spread last month, told People the news 'crushed a little bit of my spirit', but maintained focused on her future 'because I believe I'm going to make it'.  

She was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 23. She went into remission but the disease returned in 2012. 

The Real World/Road Rule Challenge contender lost both ovaries but not before doctors were able to freeze some of her eggs to allow her to have a biological child in the future.

She went into remission for a second time in 2013 following several months of treatment. 

But this summer she suffered another devastating blow after learning the cancer had returned, this time to her colon and stomach. 

Doctors had to perform an emergency hysterectomy in August, dashing her hopes of carrying a child. Diem maintained a fiercely positive outlook still, saying she would turn to surrogacy when the time came to start a family.

But the following month, prior to undergoing kidney surgery on October 13 to relieve excruciating pain, doctors told her  that the stomach and colon cancer they had found in August had spread to her liver and lymph nodes.

Fighting spirit: Diem was tweeting right up until Tuesday, asking people for prayers and support and referring to her friend Alicia Quarles, an E! News correspondent

Heartbreaking: Even though doctors had told her they couldn't save her, Diem was still not willing to give in

'That was a shocker to me. I was blown away. It really crushed a little bit of my spirit,' she told People magazine at the time.

Following her surgery, the MedGift founder suffered from the side effects from her latest round of chemotherapy and then had to undergo a blood transfusion on October 23. 

'It was such a dark, dark, dark, dark place,' she shared candidly.  

Staying strong: Diem maintained a positive attitude when she revealed her stomach and colon cancer has spread to her liver last month. She is pictured at a charity event in New York in July 2014

DIEM'S 'WHITE-PICKET FENCE DREAM'

Fighter: Diem at an event in November 2013 in New York wearing an outfit printed with 'f**k cancer'

Throughout her almost decade-long cancer battle, Diem Brown's biggest wish was to have children.

In 2012, when her ovarian cancer returned for a second time, the reality star had her eggs frozen before having her one remaining ovary removed.

At the time she said: 'For my own sanity I just want to have something normal before going through this cancer journey once again. For me something normal is having my eggs in a freezer somewhere or knowing in my heart I have exhausted every fertility preservation option possible.'

Sadly, Diem's cancer returned this summer in her liver and stomach. An emergency hysterectomy followed, dashing her chances of carrying a child herself.

But even up until last month, Diem revealed she still longed for a family and would find a way to make it work: surrogacy.

She told People in a September interview: 'I fought for it so much, and I wasn't allowed to have it, I'm not pitying myself, but there's a mind-set that you can do anything, and that's what I'd always believed.'

Only last month, when she learnt the colon and stomach cancer had spread to her liver and lymph nodes, the idea of attaining the America 'white-picket fence family dream' kept her going.

She said: 'I'm going to have a family and get married and the whole American, two and a half kids, white-picket fence dream.

'It's something that's really important to me, because it means a long-term future.' 

'I would go in the bathtub and just lay down for hours, with the water running. I was just a zombie. I kept getting worse, and I felt like it would never end.' 

Diem's friend Alicia Quarles an E! News correspondent had earlier this week tweeted from her friend's hospital bedside, urging people to pray.

'I'm with @diembrown right now,' she shared on Instagram. 'We both believe in the power of prayer. She's asked that I ask all of you to pray for her. 

A positive force: The 32-year-old has shared photos throughout her medical battles, seen here at the hospital in September

Tough times: 'I would go in the bathtub and just lay down for hours, with the water running. I was just a zombie. I kept getting worse, and I felt like it would never end,' she shared candidly, pictured here on September 26

'God is good. Diem would like a huge prayer circle. I reassured her she has one. Diem smiled and told me, a little reminder never hurts :-).'

Later that day, Alicia and a group of Diem's close friends and family went and shared a couple of bottles of red wine together.

Alicia posted a photo of the group raising their glasses to her Instagram page, along with the words: 'Toasting the strongest girl we know: #diemstrong #friendsarefamily.' 

Source: Dailymail