“The Voice Kids” singer from Hamburg is dead - Grace was only 16 years old

She won numerous hearts not only on "The Voice Kids".

Grace Mertens from Hamburg has now died at the age of only 16.

• Grace Mertens died

  at the age of only 16.

• The woman from Hamburg suffered from a

  brain tumor

  .

• Many “The Voice Kids” fans know her from the Sat.1 show.

Hamburg - Unbelievably sad news not only shakes her family and relatives, but also many TV viewers:

 is dead. She was

old.

The death of the young woman from Hamburg, who appeared three years ago on the Sat.1 show

, was confirmed by her family on Friday (23.10.) On the

account “sing4grace2020”.

Check out this post on Instagram

A message from Grace's family.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

A post shared by Sing for Grace M (@ sing4grace2020) on Oct 23, 2020 at 3:30 am PDT

“Grace will be 16 forever,” it says.

“She died peacefully with the three of us at her place last night.

Our heart is broken.

There is so much to say.

About Grace.

About your support.

But right now I can't find words

You will come later. "

Grace Mertens (The Voice Kids / Sat.1) is dead - she suffered from a brain tumor

Grace suffered from a

.

She and her family have been preparing for the sad farewell for a long time.

"My tumor is spiraling out of control and there is nothing the doctors can do to stop it," Grace said in late September, according to

.

Check out this post on Instagram

Sorry I've been gone from here so long, I've been really unwell.

Today, however, I felt well enough to shower and wash my hair.

A post shared by Grace Mertens (@ grace.mertens) on Jan 6, 2019 at 4:12 am PST

Her mother also said: "Grace's time with us is almost over," wrote her mother more than three weeks ago.

“She spent most of the day sleeping and hardly uttered a word.

We mostly get grunts in response to our questions.

I used a moment of wakefulness and told her what everyone at # singforgrace2020 is doing. "

Because under the hashtag and on the appropriate Instagram page, many others have tried to donate Grace with the strength that she loved so much: music.

They recorded songs from their favorite artists.

A wonderful action with such a sad background.

Check out this post on Instagram

In 2019 I met this wonderful, brave and so talented young lady: @ grace.mertens - now she sadly only has a few hours left to live😔 But her parents started the # singforgrace2020 - so we're singing songs for her from her heroes @ladygaga and @taylorswift - Grace, you make this world so much better and I am and always was impressed how brave, strong and joyful you are.

Sending you lots of love and energy for your last journey !! ❤️ @ sing4grace2020 @mcnedesigns @thevoicekids

A post shared by michaelschulte (@michaelschulte) on Oct 2, 2020 at 9:39 am PDT

The then 13-year-old had a

lot of sympathy

at

2017 and got jurors like

,

and

to standing ovations.

Unfortunately, her health no longer allowed her to pursue a career as a singer.

Since then, many people have taken an interest in her sad fate at a young age.

ESC candidate

also took part in the # singforgrace2020 campaign (see above).

How brave Grace Mertens was is also shown by the fact that she helped plan her own funeral.

"Grace's funeral will be a celebration of her life," her mother told the

mid-October

.

She will be bright and full of love, just like Grace.

She has always loved pink and everything that sparkles, so she will get a pink glittery coffin.

My mother sews a special dress that she can wear - from my pink wedding dress. ”Many people will be there in their thoughts and mourn the fighter.