Image Credit: Getty Images Alex Duong was a beloved actor and stand-up comedian best known for his role on Blue Bloods. He died in March 2026 at age 42 after battling alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer he had been diagnosed with in 2025. On March 27, 2026, family friend Hilarie Steele shared in a GoFundMe update that he had been hospitalized after he went into septic shock. She later confirmed that he died the following morning "surrounded by love and dear friends." The statement continued, "He was comfortable and thankfully out of pain.