Stefan Karl Stefansson deletes his social media account after announcing on the incurability of the cancer relapse!
Stefan Karl Stefansson confuses his fans
The actor who played the villainous character of Lazy Town, Robbie Rotten shocked and confused his fans when he deleted his social media account not long after announcing that his cancer which was diagnosed in 2016 is now inoperable and without a cure.
Stefan Karl Stefansson’s fans, however, continue to pour in their tributes but it might not possibly be reaching him now that he has put a stop to his account.
The only social media account which is now live is his Instagram but there has been no activity reported on it since July 2017. Though he was no more on his Twitter handle, his fans still tried to reach him with their good wishes through it.
One of them wrote:
I hear Stefan Karl has left Twitter and other social media to focus on his family and his last days. I hope he's able to fulfill that wish.
Keep on being number one, Stefan. pic.twitter.com/0ihdxQlvX4
— TsumangoKotobuki ☕ (@tsumangoteatime) April 4, 2018
The cancer diagnosis and its course
In 2016, Stefan was diagnosed with bile-duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) which was in stage 2 and rapidly progressed to stage 4. There was metastasis in the liver and the chances were bleak.
However, the oncology doctors’ team operated on him and removed the cancerous regions from his liver. He was also put on chemotherapy.
The apparent recovery
Around 13 months back, Stefan announced that his chemotherapy and surgery were over and doctors said that for now the cancer is out of his body but was not sure whether it would return again.
He had written at that time:
“The damn disease is gone. Until it comes back, whenever that will be, which will hopefully be never. Life is now. It’s almost a miracle that I’m still here.”
Around 9 months back, he had put up a post on his Instagram with a philosophical quote:
The return of the cancer
On 10 March 2018, an emotional Stefan tweeted:
“It’s not until they tell you you’re going to die soon that you realize how short life is. Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison-cell, life is what you make of it. Dream big.”
On one of his fans asked whether it was back, he replied:
“Unfortunately it’s back and this time they can’t operate on it.”
He continued:
“Yesterday, no one could tell what would happen today, only that today might come. Life is like that every minute, we are waiting for it, will it come or will it not, but why? We should always life now because now has come, life is here and only now, so go get it!”
The fans kept pouring in their support on social media.
Stefan and his family
Stefan is a married man with three daughters and one son. His wife actress Steinunn Ólina Þorsteinsdóttir had also updated people about her husband’s condition. She had said:
“Even though I knew for a long time that this day would come, it’s a difficult turning point.”
His wife continued:
“There is no cure for this. Now he will have to undergo chemotherapy to try to prolong his life and we hope that this will go as well is possibly can, to improve how he feels and to prolong his life.”
Talking about the impact of this illness on her family, she said:
“His illness has had an impact on the whole family, naturally. Some days we feel very low, some days we are happy and are happy about all that we have accomplished together and lived together. Nobody can take that away from us, however this goes. Not even death itself.”
Death
The actor succumbed to cancer and died on 21 August 2018. He was 43 years old. His wife announced the sad news on Facebook.
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