“Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,” her family said in a statement. Theo Burrell, Antiques Roadshow star, dies at 39 “Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,” her family said in a statement. By Tiffany Kelly Tiffany Kelly Tiffany Kelly is a staff editor at . She has been working at EW since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Wired, GQ, and Ars Technica. EW's editorial guidelines July 13, 2026 12:09 p.m.

“Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,” her family said in a statement.

Theo Burrell, Antiques Roadshow star, dies at 39

“Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,” her family said in a statement.

By Tiffany Kelly

Tiffany Kelly

Tiffany Kelly is a staff editor at **. She has been working at EW since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Wired, GQ, and Ars Technica.

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Theo Burrell, a star on *Antiques Roadshow*, died at 39 after being diagnosed with brain cancer four years ago.

Burrell’s family announced the news on Saturday, July 11, in an Instagram post, saying she passed away “surrounded by her family” on the afternoon of July 8.

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“Neither she nor her medical team foresaw this happening quite so quickly,” the statement said. “She was an incredible person who fought hard for her family, friends and raising awareness of this cruel disease. She saw life events like her son’s first day at school and her wedding that a little over 4 years ago we thought she’d never see.”****“The cancer community provided so much comfort and strength to her in her darkest moments,” the statement continued. “But most of all it provided hope and I think what she would want most of all is for other people to find hope in her story. Hope that the statistics aren’t gospel and that one day they’ll be very different.”

Burrell had just married her longtime partner, Alex, in March. “It feels so nice to be husband and wife after all these years together,” she wrote in a caption of a post announcing the nuptials.

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In June 2022, Burrell was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is usually seen in older adults and has a survival rate of five years or fewer in most patients, according to Mayo Clinic. There is no cure for it.

Burrell told BBC Radio in 2022 that she began feeling ill in late 2021 with a variety of symptoms, including “headaches, sickness, problems with my vision, very, very pressurised pains in my head, migraines —the list went on.”

“And it wasn’t until I went to A&E at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh that I was given the diagnosis,” she told the outlet. “I had absolutely no idea it was coming, it was a huge shock.”

Theo Burrell on Instagram.

Theo Burrell/Instagram

The TV star became an advocate for the disease following her diagnosis and regularly posted updates on social media. She underwent brain surgery, chemotherapy, and other treatments. Three years ago, she became a patron of Brain Tumor Research.

Dan Knowles, the CEO of Brain Tumor Research, said in a statement posted to the organization’s website: “We are heartbroken that we have lost the phenomenal, determined and truly inspiring Theo Burrell to this devastating disease. She was always very open about her prognosis and knew from the outset her cancer was terminal, but she was absolutely determined to make a difference for others.”

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Born on Sept. 1, 1986, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Burrell joined the BBC program *Antiques Roadshow* in 2018 after working for several years at the auction house Lyon & Turnbull, developing an expertise in glass, ceramics, and decorative arts.

Burrell is survived by her husband, Alex, and their son.

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