MARNIE Schulenburg had vowed to be “strong” in tragic final social media post with her daughter, just days before her death on Tuesday.
The late soap opera star, who appeared on As The World Turns and One Life to Live, passed away at the age of 37 following a long battle with breast cancer.
Earlier this month, Marnie celebrated Mother’s Day with a sweet post about how happy she was to spend as much time as she could with her two-year-old daughter, Coda.
Along with a collection of adorable photos of her and her child, the actress wrote on May 8: “It wasn’t a guarantee that I was going to be home this Mother’s Day.
“I got released late Friday night but had to be sent home with an oxygen machine.
“It’s not my ideal to be a 38 year old Mom who needs an oxygen tank to survive right now.
“I want to be strong and beautiful for her.
“I want to show her how to move throughout this world with compassion, strength, vivacity, humor and joy like my Mother showed me.”
The late actress gave birth to her and her husband Zack Robidas’ daughter in December 2019.
A few months later, in May 2020, she revealed that she’d been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
Almost two years since sharing her diagnosis, Marnie passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Bloomfield, New Jersey, a representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
She died just a few days before her 28th birthday, which was to take place later this week.
Marnie's first acting gig was in 2007 on the daytime drama, The Young and the Restless, in the role of Alison Stewart.
She only had a small part on the show, but she later had a longer soap opera run with the character when it moved over to As The World Turns soon after.
The actress starred as Alison on the program from 2007 to 2010.
During her final year on the soap, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
A few years after her run on ATWT, Marnie had a recurring gig on One Life to Live as Jo Sullivan.
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