Jared Ross March sadly passed away on January 27, 2024 at 28 years old after a two and a half year battle with cancer. Jared was strong, kind, creative, funny and loving. He was deeply curious, endlessly caring, unrelenting and determined. He was an amazing son, brother, husband, grandson, uncle, cousin, friend and colleague. He was one of a kind, happy go lucky and a kid at heart through and through.

From the day he was diagnosed, Jared fought with his full self and showed the world what it means to fight to survive with grace and courage. He fought through countless treatments and surgeries to maximize his time with those he loved. To be clear, Jared never let his cancer diagnosis define him – he lived every day to the fullest. In the last two and a half years, he fell in love with and married the love of his life, went to South Africa to produce his favorite television show (MTV's The Challenge), traveled the country with family and friends, and, most importantly, made the most of every single day.

Early on in Jared’s fight against cancer, he founded the Team Jmared Foundation to help people with similar diagnoses as him. Through Memorial Sloan Kettering, his foundation has raised over $540,000 to date to help patients and their loved ones with the non-medical costs of cancer treatment, such as transportation, parking, housing for out-of-town patients, and childcare or eldercare, as well as other expenses, such as one-time payments towards rent, a mortgage, utilities and other bills. Jared developed two characters that symbolize his perspective on life and his approach to his battle with cancer, the Elephant and the Tiger. See Jared’s Messages for more detail on each of those drops and what these characters symbolized to him.

Jared’s family will be carrying on his legacy through the Team Jmared Foundation to continue supporting patients battling cancer. Donations will continue to support non-medical costs of cancer treatment for patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

To make a direct donation to the Team Jmared Foundation, please see here.