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How did Harrison Gilks die? Obituary pays tribute as viral Canadian teen passes away at 18

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Christopher Duran

Updated on January 01, 2026

Harrison Gilks, the Canadian high schooler known for imparting rousing recordings of his fight to malignant growth and his list of must-dos series on TikTok, died at 18 years old on Thursday, Walk 30, 2023, encompassed by his loved ones.

The shocking news was affirmed by his brother, David, who shared a report on Harrison’s TikTok, @harrisonggilks1, expressing:

“Harrison unfortunately died a couple of hours prior. He was not in torment when he died and he was with his loved ones. Indeed, even his companions got the potential chance to express farewell over the last not many weeks…”

As per Harrison’s dad, Trevor Gilks, the teen was determined to have rhabdomyosarcoma in November 2020 and in February 2022, specialists accepted it was going away. In any case, by June 2022, it was affirmed that the malignant growth had returned “more grounded than previously.”

In a video posted close to this time, Harrison Gilks uncovered his new determination and his craving to begin his list of must-dos series: The list of must-dos series circulated around the web with individuals from everywhere the world fund-raising to help Harrison Gilks in his undertaking to finish it. The moving 18-year-old has since bragged a following north of 300,000.

Gilk’s list of must-dos incorporated a helicopter ride in New York City, meeting players from the Montreal Canadiens, going to a Los Angeles Rams football match-up, and visiting Mexico.

His eulogy noticed that the teen wanted to play sports, however his disease didn’t permit him to deal with a portion of the exercises.

As indicated by his tribute, throughout recent months, Harrison has shared recordings of himself ticking off every thing on his list of must-dos, including visiting Toronto to see the Leafs, and Raptors, New York to see the Officers, and going to the Rough Mountains and Mexico.

Harrison Gilks posted his last video on Walk 21, where he shared the shocking news that he didn’t have a lot of time left and the list of must-dos was finished. He was owned up to the emergency clinic at that point and expressed:

His dad, Trevor, offered his thanks to the local area and every one of the people who helped his child. He expressed that both he and his significant other, Sonya, would have successfully make their child’s last desire work out as expected in spite of the monetary expenses, yet netizens’ endeavors facilitated that weight.
Trevor added that at whatever point Harrison Gilks was feeling miserable, he would make a video to post on the web and the adoration and backing from netizens satisfied him.

A note from his eulogy peruses: Netizens keep on showing support for Harrison and the Gilks family.

Following the youngster’s demise, in excess of 1,600 individuals partook in an occasion called Sticks Out for Harrison, where they posted pictures of hockey sticks put on their front entryway in help.

His burial service is booked to occur at the Douglas Baptist Church on Thursday, April 6, 2023.