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The Beyhive has suffered a tragic loss.
Sydney Hardeman, the Beyoncé fan who went viral for her response to the musician's 2018 Coachella efficiency, has died at 25.
Hardeman's mom confirmed to TMZ on Saturday that her daughter died by suicide. Citing "variations in her temper" led to by the demise of her grandfather, Sydney's mom famous that she and her husband tried to attach their daughter with a counselor, however "she canceled her appointments."
The 25-year-old pilot was additionally mere months away from her wedding ceremony, scheduled for April 2026.
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A good friend of Hardeman's named Dakota Jenkins created a GoFundMe web page within the wake of her demise to "honor her reminiscence." $11,500 has been raised to date. Jenkins explains on the web page that every one the proceeds "will go in the direction of minority scholarships and for Sydney's salvation basis that’s at present within the works to help psychological well being initiatives and suicide prevention of individuals of all ages and walks of life and that her legacy lives on eternally."
Hardeman is described as "a kind of uncommon individuals who introduced mild and laughter in all places she went, assured, hilarious, endlessly type, and vigorous" who "was additionally a loyal fiancée, excited in regards to the lovely future she was constructing."
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When she was 19, Hardeman attended Beyoncé's headlining present on the 2018 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Pageant. The 2-hour set, which comprised 28 numbers, was carried out throughout a 12-story riser, reunited Future's Baby, and was watched by tens of millions of digital viewers. Later dubbed "Beychella," the making and execution of the efficiency was captured within the following yr's documentary Homecoming.
That's the place Hardeman bought her massive break. The wide-eyed fan's shocked response to Beyoncé's very presence went viral after the movie was launched. In an interview with BuzzFeed, Hardeman referred to as Beychella "the best efficiency of all time," and enthused that she was merely "completely happy to be proven as a result of it means Beyoncé is aware of my face exists."
Beyoncé's mom Tina Knowles honored Hardeman's life by reposting the section of Homecoming that exhibits her on Instagram on Saturday.
"So unhappy to listen to the information that this angel has gone to be with the lord," she wrote. "I didn't know her personally, however I really feel an actual unhappy disappointment at this time at this lack of this younger lovely girl. My prayers up for her household."
In case you or somebody is contemplating suicide, please contact the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), textual content "STRENGTH" to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741-741, or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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