Avicii’s ex-girlfriend Emily Goldberg has tragically passed away at just 34-years-old only a year after she celebrated being ‘cancer free’.
Emily died on April 3 in La Jolla, California from a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot that blocks and stops blood flow to an artery in the lung.
Her family have described her as a ‘vivacious and unique person who experienced many adventures in her all too brief life’.
Emily last posted on her Instagram in May last year as she shared a picture of herself lying in a hospital bed with her thumbs up to the camera.
She captioned the picture: ‘I lived b****. I have had cancer for the past year. I am now cancer free.’

Avicii’s ex girlfriend Emily Goldberg has tragically died at age 34 – a year after last social media post celebrating being ‘cancer free’


Emily last posted on her Instagram in May last year as she shared a picture of herself lying in a hospital bed with her thumbs up to the camera
The post has since been flooded with condolences to her family from Avicii fans, as they wrote: ‘Hope you’re reunited with your soulmate Tim and you’re both enjoying rest and peace.’
‘Rest in peace’; ‘My deepest condolences to the family and loved ones so sorry for your loss. Rest in peace Emily.’; ‘Rest in peace u are now with avicii’; ‘Just read the news Rest in Peace’.
Emily is survived by her parents, Julie and Sam Goldberg of La Jolla, and brother Aaron Goldberg of Chicago, Illinois.
Emily and the late DJ dated from 2011 to 2013 before the hitmaker, whose real name was Tim Bergling – died in 2018 by suicide at just 28 years old.
Emily revealed her heartbreak on social media the day after his sudden passing in Oman as she shared a screengrab of text messages between the pair, and a handful of personal pictures of them together.
She wrote: ‘Come on babe, don’t give up on us. Choose me, and I’ll show you love.’ Those are lyrics from a song Tim wrote for me. I wish I could have lived up to them.’
She continued: ‘For the two years we were together, he was my closest confidante, and my best friend. Now I can’t look at Bear without knowing I’ll never see his face again. I
‘I’m still collecting my thoughts and thank you for all your kind words and texts. Wake me up when it’s all over, because I don’t want it to be real #ripavicii.’
She also shared a Whatsapp conversation she had with the musician from an unknown date. She wrote: ‘I love u tim!’ The superstar DJ replied: ‘I love you too emilyyyy.’