

The original diagnosis was cervical cancer caused by papillomavirus, or HPV, which then metastasized. In December 2016, she first publicly shared her diagnosis, which had come shortly after Those Darlinsĭisbanded at the end of 2015.

Zazu's battle against cancer was widely chronicled, including in a long profile published in the weekly alternative Like her former bandmates in Those Darlins, Zazu (whose legal name was Jessi Zazu Wariner) used "Darlin" as a last name before the group broke up. Zazu and her original bandmates Nikki Kvarnes and Kelley Anderson formed Those Darlins when Zazu was still a teenager - and their heated music acted as a forceful argument that straight-ahead country wasn't the only style that Nashville had to offer. On NPR in 2011 - died at Centennial Hospital in Nashville on Tuesday afternoon following a public battle with cervical cancer. The singer also detailed her cancer battle in a Nashville Scene cover story in June.Nashville-based singer and songwriter Jessi Zazu, formerly of Those Darlins - or "wild one Jessi Darlin, the top singer and writer in a band where everybody sings and writes," as Robert Christgau described her Yes, I guess I am a mystic mind after all.” In a sense: there’s a tumor growing on my body, I don’t know what lays in store, but I ain’t afraid anymore.
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I feel healthy, happy, hopeful, determined, positive, and full of sparks and nails. “This is typically what they would call a ‘no cure scenario,'” Zazu said in a statement at the time, “but I refuse to believe that to be the case. A T-shirt that the singer designed, with the phrase “Ain’t Afraid” emblazoned it, helped raise $50,000. In December 2016, Zazu revealed that she was battling cervical cancer in a video that crowd-funded to help pay medical costs in her fight against the disease. Two years later, in December 2015, Those Darlins announced their breakup it was during their farewell tour in February 2016 that Zazu began hemorrhaging, and a month later she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, the Nashville Scene writes. Over the course of three albums, Those Darlins won both critical acclaim and an ardent fanbase thanks to the group’s ability to blend elements of alt-country, Appalachia, garage rock and punk in their music. She was in the company of those who cared deeply about her and who she cared deeply about.” “She maintained a sense of humor and a commanding presence up until and through her final moments. “Yesterday I said goodbye to my best friend, longtime partner in crime and hero, Jessi Zazu Wariner,” Those Darlins drummer Linwood Regensburg said in a statement. Zazu, born Jessi Zazu Wariner, died surrounded by friends and family at Centennial Hospital in the singer’s native Nashville, The Tennessean reports. Jessi Zazu, the guitarist, singer and co-founder of Those Darlins who blended indie rock with country, died Tuesday following a lengthy and public battle with cervical cancer. Zazu’s family and friends have asked anyone wishing to make a donation for the service and Zazu’s remaining medical expenses to visit her YouCaring site. UPDATE: A memorial for Zazu will be held on Sunday, September 17th at Fort Houston in Nashville.
