Lizzy Musi has died at 33.
The driver and reality TV star, best known for “Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings,” passed away after a battle with breast cancer.
Her father, Pat Musi, announced her death in a post shared via Facebook on Thursday.
“Surrounded by her Family, in the comfort of her own home, Lizzy was called to heaven at 11:25pm tonight,” the post read.
“Thank you for all the prayers and support throughout her battle.”
Musi, who grew up in North Carolina, rose to fame on the Discovery Channel series “Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings,” a spinoff of 2018’s “Street Outlaws,” a docu-series about drag racers competing on rough terrain.
She starred on the show with her father Pat, an eight-time PDRA Pro Street World Champion, according to his website.
In addition to being a driver, she was also the director of Musi Racing in Mooresville, North Carolina.
Musi revealed her cancer diagnosis in an April 2023 Instagram post.
“Hey Everyone, I haven’t been able to have much time to post due to an unexpected life change. A few days ago I have been Diagnosed with Triple Negative Stage 4 Breast Cancer that has moved to my lymph nodes to my liver,” she wrote, adding, “I have a rough journey ahead of me. I appreciate everyone’s messages and calls. 💗”
In June 2023, she showed off “the new me” after shaving her head.
“Never thought in a million years I would post a picture like this. I want to share every raw moment with you guys through my journey,” Lizzy captioned the image. “2 nights ago I had to shave my head due to extreme hair loss,” adding that her ex-fiance, Kye Kelly, helped her shave her head.
“Some days are tough to look in the mirror,” she wrote.
After winning the 2023 “Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings” invitational at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Musi told Drag Illustrated in August, “I swear I haven’t been this happy in my whole life. I just feel like I can do my job as a driver, and it just came so naturally. It felt so good to be able to be myself again and race.”
She added, “I can’t even begin to explain everything I’ve been going through and dealing with this cancer diagnosis – a lot of people had their doubts about me. I’m very thankful and blessed that I can keep doing what I’m doing.”
She noted that her health struggles didn’t put her down, saying: “I still have the fire in me.”
“I have such a huge support system that keeps me going. My family has been so supportive. It’s incredible, and I’m so thankful for that.”
Musi continued, “I’ll sit in treatment rooms, getting this chemo done, and here I am a couple of days later in a race car, and now we won this race – it feels like the biggest accomplishment ever. We struggled so much, so I feel like going through all those struggles makes a win so much more worthwhile. Me and my dad got emotional at the top end, but we both know that we went through hell and back to get to where we’re at. I look up to him so much.”
“But there are days where I feel stronger than ever.”
Her father wrote in his Facebook post about her death, “At this time, the family would like to have time to process, grief [sic] and make arrangements in peace. We will give an update as soon as we have information to share.”
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