Nicole Taylor, one of the identical triplets in the Christian country group Taylor Red, has died. The singer and musician died of breast cancer on September 28 in Nashville. She was 35 years old.
“We are shocked and heartbroken to announce the passing of our sister Nicole Taylor. This is not the video we thought we would ever make,” Natalie said in a video posted to YouTube.
Nika continued, “We thought she would be here to share her story of earthly healing, but instead we are here to share her story of heavenly healing, and she is at peace and no longer in pain, so we are grateful for that.”
The surviving sisters explained that Nicole was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2022. Treatment put the disease into remission, but it returned as stage 4 cancer. Eventually, doctors declared Nicole three months old, Nika recalled in the video with Natalie revealing, “She lived about a year later after that prognosis.”
Meanwhile, Nika and Natalie read Bible verses they have turned to in their grief.
“Nicole told us even before she passed that she had peace, and we were truly grateful for that,” Natalie said.
Nika continued, “Yes, things didn’t turn out the way we hoped. We lived every day waiting for a miraculous healing here on Earth and lived every day hoping for that. Of course, we all had our moments of fear and doubt, but we fought through it and fought through it. And God gave us so much peace and hope in him along the way. We were so shocked and still are shocked by his passing. “
The Mississippi natives are also known for their social media presence, with 16.7 million subscribers on YouTube and 13.5 million followers on TikTok.
The sisters created viral videos capitalizing on their identities as identical red-haired triplets. Using humor and social trends, the sisters filmed themselves wearing matching outfits, dancing in sync or playing instruments including guitar, banjo, violin and mandolin. They appeared in a national Sonic Drive-In commercial and also partnered with major commercial brands including Crocs, Lipton, Skittles, Redken and Frito Lay.
“Country Money”, released in 2021, has become one of the group’s best-known songs with over 810,000 streams on Spotify, while “Rent Free” has surpassed 664,000 streams. “Fresh off the Farm,” “Bringing Country Back” and “What They Seem” each have more than 345,000 streams on the music site.
Nicole was also a host of the morning radio show Taste of Country. In a tribute on the country music-focused website, colleague Evan Paul told the story of his first meeting with Nicole and her sisters and his subsequent interactions with her to the outlet.
“Nicole was such a warm soul. She was so smart and so talented that it was even difficult to share a room with her. Her light was so bright. I’m convinced that when you see a star streaking across the sky at night, it’s Nicole winking at us and letting us know she’s okay,” Paul said.
“Nicole, the eldest of our three sisters, will be greatly missed,” Nika and Natalie wrote on their official website. “She was our leader and our best friend. We are heartbroken, but we know she is in heaven and will see her again.”
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