Donyelle Denise Wilson, known to So You Think You Can Dance fans as Donyelle Jones, has died.

A post on her official Instagram page announced that Donyelle passed away on Tuesday morning.

“Today at 8:34 am, Donyelle Denise Wilson transitioned,” the post read. “A wife. A daughter. A sister. A friend. And a warrior who kicked cancer’s ass every single day she was here.”

“Her spirit never dimmed,” the post added. “Her heart never hardened. And even in the storm, she never lost her smile. #GIWMA .”

Her death comes nearly a decade after Donyelle was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer in 2016, which eventually progressed to stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.

The nonprofit organization Dancers Against Cancer shared that her stage 3C cancer involved “formidable challenges, including a doubl

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