Comedian Kathleen McGee, born in Edmonton, died Sunday after her battle with cancer. She was 43 years old.

McGee, who has appeared on Just for Laughs, CBC’s The Debaters and was a finalist on SiriusXM Radio’s Canada’s Top Comic, was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2022, according to her Instagram account.

That year, part of her colon was removed, she underwent chemotherapy and was declared cancer-free.

According to a GoFundMe pagethe comedian’s cancer returned less than a year later, spread throughout her body and forced her to stop working.

She was due to appear at Grindstone’s Comedy Festival this year, but took a step back to focus on her health.

A fundraising event was held at the festival on June 7, with proceeds going toward McGee’s bucket list and helping him pay his bills and rent. She was a co-founder of the Grindstone Comedy Festival.

McGee provided an update on the GoFundMe page stating that she had been admitted to hospice care on October 28, saying, “We never know how much time we have, and still now we don’t know not, then we will continue to share our love, our laughter and stories until we are finished.