Olga Temonen’s condition worsened during the fall.
Olga Temonen had brain cancer. Pete Anikari
Actress Olga Temonen slept off today surrounded by her family. Olga was 47 years old when she died.
Olga had a fourth-degree glioma, i.e. brain cancer, which could not be removed by surgery. Temonen told about his illness in December 2023.
In July 2025, Olga made a sad Instagram post.
– My tumor recurred, but I am getting a new experimental ONC201 drug from the Gustave Roussy cancer hospital in France, Olga wrote.
Olga started the new ONC201 drug treatments in the summer and underwent cancer treatment in France during the summer.
The condition took a turn for the worse, Temo was hardly seen in public and there were no more Instagram updates at the usual pace.
Olga’s husband Tuukka Temonen told Iltalehte at the end of July how running Ravintola Rehtori and Olga Farm was part of the summer.
– Many friends have visited the village. Very distant friends, close acquaintances and all kinds of people have come to greet Olga, Tuukka said.
At the beginning of September, Olga remembered her and Tuukka’s wedding day on Instagram.
– 17 years as Temos today, Olga wrote to Instagram in connection with the wedding photo.
Olga’s health worsened significantly during the fall. Tuukka said that Olga needed constant help in her daily life and that moving around was becoming increasingly difficult. Communication also became more challenging, although Olga could speak, the words just didn’t come out the same way as before.
– He is fully conscious and aware of the world around him, but communication is limited. We understand Olga completely, because we have traveled together for more than 20 years. This is such a bond that words are not needed even in this situation, Tuukka Temonen said beautifully.
Olga and Tuukka were supposed to go on vacation together to Monza, Italy at the beginning of September. Olga had bought the trip to celebrate her husband’s 50th birthday. However, Olga couldn’t make the trip, and Tuukka went to watch the F1 races Thursday– with the boy.
The last time Olga Temonen was seen in public was at the invited guest night of the Tuukka-directed movie Cancel on October 7. The whole family posed on the red carpet. Olga moved around the cinema in a wheelchair.
The Temoste family at the premiere of the movie Cancel. Pete Anikari
The participation of the whole family in the premiere was important to all of them.
– Actually, we planned with the children to come here together. Then Olga started crying because she realized that we hadn’t even thought to ask her along. Then we said: “Ah, of course you want to come too” Then Olga said: “Of course I want to come”, Tuukka said after the photo shoot.
– It’s really great that we got into this kind of situation together once again, Tuukka said.
On October 21, Olga remembered the beginning of her career on Instagram. In the picture, she is wearing black clothes.
– The beginning of a young actor in Joensuu in 1997, the caption reads.
After that, another update was published on the account, which said that Olga had moved from time to the meadows of the eternal east.