Jordan Cashmyer, as soon as a star of MTV’s actuality sequence 16 and Pregnant, has died. She was 26.
Cashmyer’s mom, Jessica, introduced the dying of her daughter on the Fb account of her late husband, Dennis M. Cashmyer Jr., on Sunday.
“My oldest beloved daughter, Jordan has handed away, she was solely 26 years outdated,” the put up learn. “Our hearts are actually damaged. No guardian ought to ever should undergo dropping a baby, EVER.”
A spokesperson for Maryland’s Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Cashmyer’s dying to CNN, however didn’t give a trigger.
Cashmyer appeared on the sequence in 2014 along with her then-boyfriend, Derek Taylor. The couple was grappling with homelessness on the time, after Cashmyer was requested to depart her childhood dwelling by her mother and father as a result of she refused to cease seeing Taylor.
In response to Selection, Cashmyer and Taylor cut up up shortly after her section aired. She gave delivery to her daughter, Evie, and within the years since has struggled with drug habit, culminating in an arrest for drug possession in 2017.
This month, Cashmyer shared a Fb put up inviting associates to hitch her as she celebrated one yr of sobriety.
MTV spinoff present Teen Mother shared condolences through Twitter.
A consultant for Cashmyer informed E! Information: “That is an extremely unhappy day. Jordan was a candy and caring particular person,” he shared. “Final we spoke she was doing nicely and gave the impression to be in a superb place mentally and bodily. I want folks had the chance to know her past her struggles. I used to be at all times rooting for her and am grateful I had the possibility to know and work along with her all these years.”
He added, “Life wasn’t at all times form to her so now she is ready to be at peace.”
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