Traci Braxton dies at age 50 following cancer battle

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The sister of singer Toni Braxton and star of the hit family reality TV show "Braxton Family Values” passed away after battling cancer in the esophagus, according to her family.

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According to her family, Braxton had been battling cancer in the esophagus.

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“We have come to a time where we must inform the public that after a year of privately undergoing a series of treatment for Esophageal cancer

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our beloved Traci Braxton has gone on to glory,” her husband Kevin Surratt said in a statement to NBC News.

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Braxton's sisters, mother and friends were by her side when she passed, her publicist Tomasina Perkins-Washington told NBC News.

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