Alex Duong, a 42-year-old comedian and television actor who appeared on CBS’s long-running series “Blue Bloods” as a recurring character, passed away on Saturday due to complications from alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (a rare and aggressive cancer that primarily affects children) after a year-long battle with this type of cancer.

Duong passed away peacefully at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Californiaon March 28, surrounded by his loved ones after going into septic shock the previous night according to his friend Hilarie Steele’s statement: “With the heaviest hearts, we share that our dear Alex passed away peacefully this morning… He was comfortable, and thankfully, out of pain” (Steele posted these words on Duong’s GoFundMe page).

Duong was first diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in early 2025 after suffering from a severe headache and developing bulging from his left eye, at which point vision began to go away from that eye. He underwent surgery, then extensive chemo and radiation; however, the cancer metastasized to his spine by February 2026, when he became bedridden. Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma is considered extremely rare (with only several hundred reported cases per year in the US), and the prognosis for adults with this type of cancer is bleak.

Throughout his career, Duong has television credits for more than 40 episodes of various shows, including “Dexter,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Young and the Restless,” and many others.

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Duong said, “Comedians are always there for each other. We have each other’s backs when times are tough.”

Dupong is survived by his wife, Christina, and daughter, Everest, age 5. A GoFundMe was created to help cover the 400k in outstanding medical bills, and now will assist in covering them.

Colleagues have expressed how much they appreciated Duong as an artist and father who dealt with his illness strongly and humorously with humor.