Bibek Pangeni, a Nepali social media influencer, passed away on 18 December after succumbing to a two-year-long battle with a stage-4 brain tumor. Bibek's grief-stricken wife, Srijana Subedi, would often post pictures about his recovery and treatment on her Instagram.
The couple has over 984K followers on Instagram, who expressed grief and shared condolences in the comments section.
A GoFundMe page has been set up on behalf of his wife, Srijana Subedi, to help her with the funeral rites. The campaign has successfully raised USD 14,150 from 523 donations, with an initial goal of USD 15,000 at the time of this writing. The description of the campaign states:
"As Bibek’s family is navigating through this difficult and heartbreaking time, they are also left with financial challenges of covering funeral and memorial costs... We have created this fundraiser on behalf of Srijana Subedi (Bibek’s wife) to help alleviate some of the financial pressure the family is facing."
Srijana Subedi celebrated Bibek Pangeni's 32nd birthday on August 21. In a post featuring a decorated room, Subedi posted a video of her kissing Pangeni while holding sparklers. She wrote:
"Happy birthday my love 🧿❤️🎈 My world ❤️❤️❤️ My everything 🎈🎈🎈🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 @bivekpangeni 🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿"
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Bibek Pangeni had been pursuing his PhD in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Georgia. Pangeni married Srijana Subedi in 2020 and was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years after his marriage in 2022.
His wife Srijana Subedi had posted on Instagram on their 4th wedding anniversary, saying:
"Happy 4th wedding anniversary my love❤️🧿 my world my forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️ @bivekpangeni god bless you my love 🙏🏽"
The followers and fans of the couple's journey have shared condolences on Subedi's posts. One person wrote:
"So heartbreaking 💔 May his soul rest in peace 🙏"
"When both loves … god cheats 😢," wrote another.
"Why always good people suffer the most 😭"
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"Rest in peace respected sir, a lot of respect to your wife ik you'd done a lot for her to make her love you this much in this generation nd even after so many obstacles she never lost hope she just asked for prayers I'm totally speechless hats off to both of your "endless love" thank you so much mam for keeping our faith in true love nd setting the bar so high GOD BLESS YOU MAM, GOD BLESS YOU TOO SIR 🙏," wrote another Instagram user.
Srijana Subedi's Instagram is a melange of the couple's battle with cancer together.
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