Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell, Mama June Shannon's Daughter, Dead at 29
Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell
Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell has died. She was 29.
Cardwell's Dec. 9 death was confirmed on Sunday, Dec. 10, in a statement made by her mother, June Shannon. It came about 10 months since she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
"With the breaking heart, we are announcing that @annamarie35 is no longer with us," Mama June captioned an Instagram photo of the family. "She passed away in my home last night peacefully at 11:12 PM."
Shannon continued: "She gave one hell of a fight for 10 months she passed away with her family around her like she won’t and we will will be updating y’all with more information as we get it today."
"We love y’all and continued prayers and thoughts for our family doing this difficult time," the reality star concluded.
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Shannon (known by fans as "Mama June"), had been keeping fans updated on Cardwell's status after the heartbreaking news regarding her daughter's battle with stage 4 adrenal cancer—a diagnosis she received back in January 2023—was first revealed in March.
Months later, in June of 2023, Shannon shared that Cardwell's condition was terminal, "We've all accepted that, so I just tell people one day at a time 'cause you never know," she said to reporters at the time.
On Friday, Dec. 8, Mama June Shannon updated her TikTok and Instagram followers, explaining Anna's condition had taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks.
"I just want to let y'all know that some things have changed in our lives over the last few weeks that are totally out of our control," she said in her video. "God has all the faith, has all the cards, but Anna is still with us. But as we are going through this transition, we are asking still for continued prayers for Anna, continued prayers for the family."
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Cardwell, the eldest of Mama June's four children, rose to fame alongside her sister Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson on the family's reality TV show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, the subsequent spin-off of the TLC hit Toddlers & Tiaras and prequel to the family's We TV original series, Mama June: Road to Redemption.
Cardwell is survived by her ex-husband Michael Cardwell, her two daughters–Kaitlyn, born in 2012, and Kylee, born in 2015—her mother, Mama June, and sisters: Alana, 18, Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon, 27, and Lauryn "Pumpkin Efrid, 23.
Information regarding memorial services was not immediately available.
