Tara Hutchins died at the age of 21 from Fanconi Anemia, a rare and inherited disorder that prevents the bone marrow from generating enough new blood cells for the body to function normally. Her older sister, Francesca Hutchins-Huff (born March 21, 1969), was diagnosed with the same affliction in 2006; she died on May 23, 2013, due to complications following a bone marrow transplant that had been performed to cure the disease.