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Canadian TikTok star Megha Thakur, 21, "suddenly and unexpectedly" died during the "early morning hours" of Nov. 24, Yahoo Life reported, citing a post from her parents on Thakur's Instagram page.
"It is with heavy hearts we announce the light of our life, our kind, caring, and beautiful daughter, Megha Thakur, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on Nov. 24, 2022 in the early morning hours," the post's message read.
"Megha was a confident and independent young woman. She will be dearly missed. She loved her fans and would have wanted you to know of her passing. At this time, we request your blessings for Megha. Your thoughts and prayers will be with her in her onward journey," her parents added in the Instagram post.
The Daily Beast said Thakur "posted videos promoting body positivity and self-confidence while documenting her fashion and influencer lifestyle." As of Friday morning there were more than 930,000 followers and nearly 32 million likes on her TikTok page. Thakur's final TikTok post appeared Nov. 18; the same post hit her Instagram page the same day.
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"You're in charge of your destiny. Remember that," she wrote on her final TikTok post while adding the hashtags "#confidence" and "#selflove."
Yahoo Life, citing the Western Gazette, said Thakur posted her first video in November 2019 and was a student at Western University in London, Ontario, where she studied computer science in the fall of 2021.
A funeral service was held Tuesday in her hometown of Brampton, Ontario, Yahoo Life added.
Expressions of love and sadness flowed into the comments section of Thakur's final TikTok post: