Huntington Beach’s Bleu Scott remembered as a kindred spirit

When Huntington Beach resident Bleu Roxy Scott wasn’t around, her mother, Amber, always knew where to find her.

If it was just about sunset, Bleu would often drive her red Volkswagen van to the beach in Surf City, an area north of Goldenwest Street called “The Cliffs.”

“Every night, she would try to be there,” Amber Scott said. “If you couldn’t find Bleu, you knew to go to find her at the certain spot with her van.”

This was the happy place for the young woman who always seemed happy, despite dealing with cystic fibrosis since birth.

Bleu Roxy Scott died on Sept. 24 due to complications from the genetic disease, her mother said. She was 20 years old.

Bleu received a double lung transplant in December 2017, but this year her body began rejecting the lungs, Amber said.

Her death has brought together the Cape Ann neighborhood of Huntington Beach, where Bleu lived growing up until moving to closer to the beach on Main Street. Family friend Kathy Davison was part of a sizable group last weekend that placed large sky blue ribbons on a path from Cape Ann to the family’s current home.

“We wanted to paint the town blue,” said Davison, whose daughters Remi, Ella and Lucy all grew up with Bleu.

“She has touched so many lives in her 20 short years. When the kids were little, she taught them empathy. They’d all be playing outside, and the next thing you know, Bleu had to do a treatment. She’d be in this little jacket that would shake her, and she’d have to take these pills that were enormous. My girls were in awe, but we didn’t want Bleu to feel like she’s missing out on what’s going on the neighborhood. Amber would let them all in the house, feed them snacks. It changed my kids in a way.”

A big blue ribbon is tied to a tree along Main Street in honor of Bleu Scott, a Huntington Beach resident who died on Sept. 24 at the age of 20 due to complications from cystic fibrosis.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Sidney Steiner was Bleu’s close friend at Smith Elementary School, Dwyer Middle School and Huntington Beach High School. Bleu graduated from HBHS in 2018, and Sidney the following year.

Steiner started a GoFundMe in Bleu’s name to help with expenses. As of Friday afternoon, it had raised more than $33,000. Friends have also been using the hashtag, #sunsetswithbleu, on social media.

A celebration of Bleu’s life is planned for Saturday at the Scott family home, 746 Main St., from 1 to 5 p.m. Supporters will also be invited to a viewing Saturday at the Advantage Funeral Home. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only 25 people at a time will be allowed at the viewing.

Steiner is putting together a slideshow for the celebration. In the pictures, Bleu always seemed to be smiling, despite her diagnosis and the fact that she had to use an oxygen tank and take multiple pills each day.

She was one of the biggest fans of the Huntington Beach High girls’ tennis team in 2018, when Steiner and her teammates captured the CIF Southern Section Division 3 title.

“If she didn’t have her oxygen in or was doing her treatments, you would have never known that she was going through such a hard time,” Steiner said. “She always tried to stay positive and just pretend like nothing was going on. She wanted to enjoy life and just be normal. She was the most positive person to walk in the room. It’s crazy, the strength that she had. She was the best.”

Friends said that Bleu was a fan of tacos, and loved chewing gum and blowing bubbles.

“That was fun,” said Susan Steiner, Sidney’s mother. “She finally blew some of the biggest bubbles with those new lungs of hers.”

Amber said that her daughter never wanted to be treated differently than any other teenager. The word that Bleu used for dying was to “skedaddle.”

“We’ve had many ups and downs,” Amber said. “Bleu just thought this would be a good time to skedaddle.”

Bleu Roxy Scott is also survived by her father, Robert “Scotty” Scott, her sister, Paisley, 28, and brother, Dane, 24.

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