Touching tributes paid to Amy Ellis after brave battle with anorexia

Amy-Bronwen Ellis, from Broughton, recently passed away after fighting anorexia since her early childhood. 

Amy, 43, touched the lives of thousands of people across the globe. She amassed a huge following on TikTok - where she profiled her battle with the eating disorder and sought to help others going through it. Her account, SavingAmy, has over 140,000 followers.

After her death was announced on her TikTok account, there was a huge outpouring of grief as thousands of people commented passing on their heartfelt condolences. 

One person said: "Sending all my love to everyone, she was the most beautiful soul I’ve ever come across."

Another added: "I’m so sad about the news, Amy is an inspiration to all, fly high, beautiful."

A further commenter added: "She was a beautiful soul and touched lives around the world. I wish I had met her in person."

As a testament to her character, Amy's family has been inundated with cards from well-wisher's following her death.

Flowers and cards in the kitchen of Amy's home in Broughton sent following her death. (Image: User generated content)

Amy's close friend, Simon Quick, paid a touching tribute to her.

He said: "When someone sadly passes away, it is the norm to say how much of a nice person they were, but it really can’t be stressed enough of how amazing Amy was. Amy was a genuine, caring, loving, intelligent and beautiful lady, both inside and out.

"Throughout her life Amy looked out for and cared for all the people she knew. And her time as a charity worker showed she cared for people she had never met as well."

Amy was a very talented artist and it was her dream to have her own art business when she was recovered. She was on the brink of opening her own art shop before the illness cruelly put paid to that idea.

A piece of Amy's artwork. (Image: Family photo)

"Before becoming so sick, Amy loved life," Simon said. "She loved to go to festivals and concerts.

"She climbed the CN tower for WWF in just 20 minutes when living in Canada. Amy lived in various places around the world, but always loved her home country of Wales.

"Having suffered with anorexia all her life, Amy was doing so well despite her battles. Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper help, her cruel disease took hold and her health declined and her suffering increased rapidly in the last few years. But Amy was a fighter and fought against everything to help herself and help other sufferers of eating disorders, mainly through her TikTok account where she had over 140,000 followers.

"Another example of how caring Amy was - she sent me letters expressing how much she cared for me and appreciated how I helped her. And that to ignore her illness and focus on her as she felt the illness would push me away; which it never would have done."

Amy at a recent event in Broughton celebrating the King's Coronation. (Image: User generated content)

He added: "Amy’s mam, Lyn, supported Amy as best as she possibly could and she is so proud of her and all she did to be such a massive inspiration. Amy’s fight to spread awareness and the availability of eating disorders treatment will continue."

Lyn also paid tribute to her much-loved daughter. 

She said: "Our daughter Amy was creative, artistic and loved animals and the natural world very, very much. One of her last wishes is that we look after 'this beautiful planet '- her words. She loved children and they were always so happy and comfortable in her presence. 

"She was a sensitive, kind, beautiful girl with much more to give to everyone. Her desire was to get better and again in her words 'be the daughter, sister, sister-in-law and aunty that she used to be. This world is a lesser place without Amy in it. There is a void that no-one else will ever fill. 

"We are all so sad that we are now without our darling girl."

Amy with mum, Lyn. (Image: Family photo)

Amy's funeral will be held at Hawarden Cemetery at 11am on June 16, followed by a wake at the Offa's Dyke pub, in Broughton.