She revealed that the first signs of the cancer became apparent to them on Thanksgiving in 2023. When the family was out bowling, her father kept bowling out of turn, which all of them flagged as “super weird.”

Earlier the same evening, he had fallen from his chair. She recalled, “He fell out of his chair to the left, which is very unusual. He’s super athletic, and he doesn’t drink,” adding, “So he fell, and we were like, ‘What just happened?’”

Other symptoms at the time were nausea and balance issues, which Taryn and her sisters, Holly and Isa attributed to exhaustion and stress that the singer was possibly suffering from. At the time, Michael was still very much active as he was in the middle of touring, filming a cameo for