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Join us as we remember the creative souls of YouTube who left this world far too early. We pay tribute to content creators whose talents, personalities, and contributions touched millions before their tragic and untimely deaths. From animators and gamers to vloggers and musicians, these individuals left lasting legacies despite their brief time with us.
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00:00So, Ed is kicking the living crap out of cancer.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at beloved YouTubers who we lost far too soon.
00:09Oh my god, I can't believe it, we're back.
00:13Griffin Klaus, best known as Dylan the Hacker.
00:16Klaus was well known for his epic rants, especially when he took aim at PewDiePie.
00:20PewDiePie, you better be afraid of me! I'm your worst nightmare!
00:25However, many didn't realize he was joking, leading to some backlash from fans of his targets.
00:30But did that deter him? Oh no.
00:32Klaus leaned into the comedy trolling.
00:34He also grew a reputation as a hacker despite only pretending to break into other YouTubers' accounts.
00:40Some people dream of success while you're gonna wake up and work hard at it!
00:45One saga involved him going after the website 4chan, leading to a practical joke war between the two parties.
00:51In 2019, Klaus sadly passed away at the age of 20.
00:55PewDiePie and his best friend BGCumbie paid tribute to him.
00:58I hope you're up there laughing at me right now, buddy.
01:01Corey LaBerry
01:02What up, YouTube? Now, I know you see the title.
01:05Known for vlogging about his life, food, and challenges,
01:08in 2020, LaBerry was celebrating his 25th birthday with fellow YouTuber and tattoo artist Daniel Silva in Los Angeles.
01:15After drinking, Silva drove the two, resulting in a crash that took LaBerry's life.
01:20LaBerry was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
01:24Silva was reportedly caught attempting to escape from the scene.
01:27Bystanders stopped him when he tried running away and was later taken to the hospital by ambulance.
01:32He was originally charged with murder as LaBerry's family issued a lawsuit against him for wrongful death.
01:38Silva later pleaded no contest, resulting in a sentence of one year in jail,
01:43five years of probation, and 250 hours of community service.
01:47When Silva spoke about the crash in 2021, he stated LaBerry's family asked the judge for lesser charges,
01:53which he was grateful for.
01:55I want to start off by saying how sorry I am for all the pain that everybody's going through.
02:00I'm sorry to Corey. I'm sorry to Corey's friends and family, and I'm really sorry to Corey's fans.
02:06Emily Hartridge
02:06Better known as Emily Hart Online, she created videos tackling subjects such as relationships,
02:12family, and her travels, sometimes with a comedy twist.
02:15Her wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round.
02:20She also presented TV shows.
02:22In her final video, Hartridge showed her boyfriend, Jake Hazel, gifting her an electric scooter.
02:26Happy birthday.
02:28Oh my god, two scooters!
02:30In 2019, Hartridge was on her way to a fertility clinic.
02:34However, she was sadly fatally struck by a truck as she rode the scooter in London.
02:38If you're on a road that has a lot of traffic on it, or there are any kind of uneven areas on the road,
02:44it can feel unsafe pretty quickly.
02:47Hartridge was 35.
02:49It's believed this was the first fatality involving an e-scooter in the UK.
02:53Since the tragedy, Hazel has campaigned for mental health awareness,
02:57and has publicly stated he doesn't blame the truck driver for what happened.
03:00I was actually meant to move in the night, the day she passed away.
03:04But for one reason or another, which I'm very grateful for, we decided to move in the Monday before.
03:10So I had four nights living with Emily, which I'll cherish forever.
03:13Talia Castellano
03:14Hi everyone, so today I'm doing my mefie with...
03:17When she was seven years old, Castellano was diagnosed with neuroblastoma,
03:21a rare form of cancer, undergoing years of treatment.
03:24After finding a passion for makeup, Castellano created the YouTube channel TaliaJoy18,
03:29where she gave tutorials and reviews of products.
03:32And then I have this Creche brush, which at first I wasn't a fan of,
03:36because I didn't know really how to use it.
03:38I was kind of using it as a blending brush.
03:40Her rapid rise in setting up a charity to look for a neuroblastoma cure
03:43led Castellano to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2012,
03:47where she was surprised as an honorary face of the brand CoverGirl.
03:51So did you have fun with Lauren?
03:52I did!
03:53Oh, you look great, Lauren.
03:55In 2013, after the cancer had spread and Castellano declined further treatment,
04:00she sadly passed away.
04:01There was a special message posted on our Facebook page.
04:04It reads, quote,
04:04It is with a heavy heart that we share with you that Talia has earned her wings at 11.22 a.m.
04:10To keep her memory alive, Castellano's family posted on social media
04:13seeking help to finish her bucket list, which they successfully did.
04:17Daniel Kyer
04:18YouTuber Trio Syndigo members Matt Watson, Ryan McGee, and Daniel Kyer
04:23quickly amassed a large following with their comedy skits, parodies, and music videos.
04:27We're just blonde boys doing what blonde boys do!
04:30The group then struck up a friendship with fellow YouTuber Markiplier,
04:34later moving in with him as they began collaborating.
04:36Please, try not to push your anger on me.
04:39I know this is a troublesome situation.
04:41Everyone handles it in their own way.
04:42In 2015, Kyer was found in critical condition in his bedroom after attempting to take his own life.
04:48He was taken to the hospital for treatment, but he tragically wasn't able to recover.
04:52Syndigo then came to an end.
04:54Watson and McGee later stopped working with Markiplier,
04:57but the duo continued to work together on other projects.
05:00Riker Gamble, Alexi Layak, and Megan Scraper.
05:03What does it feel like to be present?
05:06To be here, in the now, and fully experiencing this moment?
05:11The YouTube channel High on Life specializes in travel content,
05:14especially in remote locations,
05:16and has been known to dabble in adrenaline-fueled activities and stunts.
05:20In 2018, co-founders Gamble and Layak, as well as Scraper,
05:24were at Shannon Falls in British Columbia when Scraper fell in the water.
05:28Gamble and Layak tried to save her,
05:30and all three were swept by the current, falling around 100 feet to a pool below,
05:35sadly losing their lives.
05:36I would call him a hero, and the other people that knew him would feel the same.
05:40The rest of the High on Life team released a video in tribute to their friends.
05:44They were three of the warmest, kindest, most driven, and outgoing people that you could ever meet,
05:51and the world has lost a great deal of light with their passing.
05:54The channel continued uploading content, but hasn't published anything since 2022.
05:59Amanda Todd
06:00In 2012, through her YouTube channel The Somebody To Know,
06:14Todd released a video that detailed her horrible experience.
06:17She was just so happy all the time, and like, when you first meet her,
06:21you wouldn't know that she had any problems.
06:24After an intimate image of her was taken while she was in 7th grade,
06:27she was harassed and blackmailed until the image was released online.
06:31When Todd moved schools, this person would send the photo to her classmates,
06:35leading to abuse from them as her mental health deteriorated.
06:38It's a choice. It's a choice.
06:41A month after uploading the video, Todd sadly passed away.
06:44In 2013, the Canadian government introduced legislation to protect children from what Todd went through.
06:50In 2022, after being extradited, Aidan Coban was found guilty of exploiting Todd,
06:56earning him 13 years in jail, which was later reduced to 6 years, alongside 11 years for other crimes.
07:02Tomás Blanche Toledo
07:03In March 2021, while suffering from brain cancer,
07:07the Chilebes Toledo pursued his dreams of becoming a YouTuber, creating the channel Tomi Once.
07:11At first, the channel, focused on his life and video games, didn't get much traction.
07:22But when various social media accounts and YouTubers started to promote it, it took off.
07:27Within a month, Toledo had amassed 8 million subscribers, smashing many records along the way.
07:40This even led to strangers asking him for photos when he was in public.
07:43Sadly, in August of that same year, Toledo passed away.
07:47His family continued his legacy on his channel, as well as using it to promote other young YouTubers.
07:52Steve Cash.
07:53As the creator behind the channel Talking Kitty Cat, Cash was a genius.
07:57As well as being a musician, he created skits with his Talking Cat Sylvester, primarily.
08:02Oh, also, I checked the mail today and somebody sent you a present.
08:05Can you guess what it is?
08:06What?
08:07The clips also featured several of his other pets, like Gibson and Shelby.
08:11Gibson, do you even want to come inside?
08:12I don't know.
08:13What the hell do you mean?
08:14I don't know.
08:14The skits were a massive success, collecting millions of views.
08:19Cash was open during videos about his struggles with bipolar disorder, sometimes needing time away from the channel to recuperate.
08:25In 2020, Cash took his own life.
08:28His wife Celia has released a few previously unpublished videos, as well as an update to Cash's fans about her life.
08:34Benny Potter.
08:35With buckets of enthusiasm, plenty of crack-a-cacooms, and talent as a voice artist,
08:40Potter helped many people get into comics with his work as comic-storian.
08:43This is Injustice Year 1 through 5.
08:46If you've been on our channel for a while, then you know that we've been covering this epic for, like, 3 years.
08:51Filled to the brim with ideas, he had his fingers in a lot of creative pies as he ran several other channels,
08:57including the gaming law account Eligible Monster and manga explainer Mangastorian.
09:01The problem we had with One Piece is that I was reading too much of One Piece to make one video.
09:06When you're trying to read 30 to 50 chapters, it kind of takes up a lot of your time.
09:10He was also involved in multiple podcasts with other comics YouTubers.
09:15In 2024, Potter was driving on Interstate 25 in Colorado when his car went off the road.
09:20Sadly, he didn't survive.
09:22Many friends, family, comic creators, and entertainment professionals gave tribute to Potter alongside his fans.
09:29He wasn't really, he wasn't like a friend, he wasn't like a brother, it was, it felt bigger than that.
09:34Comic-Storian has been continued by Potter's wife Natalie, his brother Andy, and the channel's producer Dan.
09:40Colin Wyckoff.
09:42Better known as Kitty0706, Colin Wyckoff was a talented animator.
09:47He regularly released funny spoofs of video games on YouTube.
09:51Some of the most popular projects that caught the internet's attention involved Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2.
09:56Do you remember me?
09:59Yes.
10:01Let this be lesson for you.
10:05In 2012, Wyckoff was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a blood cancer.
10:12After battling the disease for three years, Wyckoff sadly passed away in 2015 at the age of 20.
10:19The community decided to make a tribute in his memory by remaking his 2012 hit Team Fabulous 2.
10:24Raising money for leukemia research, the video Team Fabulous 2 reanimated was released in 2020 on what would have been Wyckoff's 26th birthday.
10:35Christina Grimmie.
10:36Bursting onto the YouTube scene in 2009 as ZeldaXLove64, Christina Grimmie released several covers of songs that captivated listeners.
10:45You show me down, but I won't fall.
10:49I am titanium.
10:51In 2011, she finished second place in the My YouTube competition, just behind Selena Gomez, whose mom and stepdad became Grimmie's managers.
11:03Her music career quickly began to take off as she released several albums and finished third in 2014's The Voice.
11:10We clawed, we changed our hearts, simply we'd done, never asked you what.
11:17Breaking news, any singer's murderers.
11:18Christina Grimmie rising to fame on The Voice.
11:21In 2016, after performing at a concert in Orlando, Florida, she met with fans outside.
11:27However, 27-year-old Kevin James Loible, who had an unhealthy obsession with her, fatally shot Grimmie before taking his own life.
11:36Her family later set up the Christina Grimmie Foundation in her memory, to help those affected by violence and breast cancer.
11:43She loved this town, she loved this state, she loved singing, she loved the Lord, and she loved me.
11:50And, um, she was just my baby sister.
11:53Dylan Hart.
11:54Put the lid back on to keep it lopsided and prevent it from being crushed completely.
11:58This will make a nice, alluring, crinkle sound that dogs love.
12:01If you needed help with a task around the house or simply a way to speed up a process, the Household Hacker was the channel for you.
12:08Brew a really strong batch of black tea, talking three bags in an eight-ounce glass.
12:14You're going to use it to clean the glass or mirror in your bathroom.
12:17Created by Dylan Hart, the channel showcased tips and tricks for various chores to make your life easier.
12:23Needed to wash your dog, but they're making it difficult?
12:26Well, Household Hacker had you covered.
12:27Work up a nice lather as the dish soap will help kill any fleas and the vinegar will help repel them.
12:33The channel even drew the attention of Mythbusters, with a satirical video that involved charging an iPod with electrolytes and an onion.
12:40In 2020, news broke that Hart had died suddenly.
12:44Scott Kinmartin, Hart's friend and producer on the channel, tweeted it was from medical complications.
12:50He was 38 years old.
12:52Monty Ohm.
12:53In 2007, Monty Ohm showcased his amazing animating skills by releasing the viral video Haloid, which had the characters from Metroid and Halo battling it out.
13:09After releasing more content, working on video games, and gaining an enthusiastic support base, Ohm joined Rooster Teeth.
13:16He worked on their Red vs. Blue web series before creating Ruby and voicing the character Lai Ren.
13:23There's a lot of things we hope to create to make people happy in ways they wouldn't expect.
13:29In 2015, Ohm suffered a severe allergic reaction when undergoing a medical procedure and fell into a coma.
13:35Distraught fans soon flocked to GoFundMe to donate to Ohm's medical expenses.
13:40Unfortunately, Ohm passed away shortly afterward at the age of 33.
13:45In the aftermath, one of Ohm's brothers, Neith, took on the mantle of voicing Lai Ren in Ruby.
13:51But we tend to be masters of our own fate.
13:53The only thing that stops us from doing the really cool things is time.
13:58Caleb LeBlanc.
13:59Hey guys, today's video is going to be a little bit different.
14:02Created to vlog about the day-to-day life of the U.S. family, the LeBlancs,
14:06the Bruteli channel soon ingrained itself into the hearts of millions after starting in 2010.
14:11Did you step in the big old puddle?
14:14Parents Katie and Billy focused the content on their children, Haley, Caleb, and Jules, also known as Annie.
14:23This led to many fans seeing the LeBlancs as a virtual family that they too were a part of.
14:28My name's Caleb, and I'm making history.
14:31But in 2015, tragedy struck.
14:34Caleb passed away suddenly at the age of 13.
14:37It was discovered that he had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease where the heart becomes thickened.
14:44Since this illness often has no symptoms, Haley and Jules later had their hearts checked and are fine.
14:50The Bruteli channel remained active until 2019.
14:54John Bain.
14:55If you were looking for blunt opinions on video games, you probably watched the content produced by Total Biscuit.
15:02It ended up being really fun, you know, instead of just being a gimmicky.
15:05Again, it's very fanservice-y.
15:06I'm pretty sure most of those characters' breasts were not that large previously, but I'll look into it.
15:11Also known as the cynical Brit and Total Halibut, John Bain's work always sparked conversations between gamers.
15:18In 2014, Bain announced he had cancer.
15:22While that went into remission, another inoperable cancer metastasized to his liver.
15:26Stage 4's pretty bad.
15:28That's when survival chances go in the toilet.
15:31Bain continued to fight valiantly, but in 2018, he fell into a hepatic coma and passed away soon after.
15:38Blizzard decided to release a commemorative bundle for Bain in StarCraft II,
15:42with the profits going to his wife Jenna and son Orion.
15:462020's Doom Eternal even added an easter egg of a top hat and a plaque stating slay cancer.
15:52You do the best you can, you don't give up on it.
15:54You know, it's not just giving up on your life.
15:58It's giving up on everyone that's ever been touched by what you've done.
16:01Grant Thompson.
16:03Since joining the platform in 2010 under the guise of T-Core, T-K-O-R, or the King of Random,
16:09Jonathan Grant Thompson became a standout creator.
16:12The channel quickly became a haven for science fans.
16:16As the channel primarily showcased crazy experiments and explained the results.
16:20If we're standing out in the middle of nowhere, what exactly would it take to make some good clay?
16:24But T-Core also dabbled with life hacks and vlogging.
16:28As the channel grew larger, Thompson decided to step back from the camera
16:32to focus on production behind the scenes and spend time with his family.
16:35So what I decided to do was devote my life to learning.
16:39I wanted to learn how to weld, I wanted to learn how to make circuit boards,
16:42I wanted to learn how to be Tony Stark.
16:44In 2019, Thompson went paragliding in Utah and didn't return.
16:48After a police search using GPS, they found Thompson's body.
16:53He had perished after crashing the paraglider.
16:55He was 38 years old.
16:58The King of Random channel has continued with the blessing of Thompson's friends and family.
17:02You're doing a fine job.
17:04Make stuff you're proud of.
17:05Love you.
17:06Ed Gould
17:07Even before YouTube was invented, Ed Gould was making waves in the animation scene.
17:12I'm Ed.
17:13I make Ed's World.
17:15It's pretty swell.
17:16This led to him creating the UK-based comedy series Ed's World.
17:20Teaming up with Thomas Ridgewell, Matt Hargreaves, and Tord Larson,
17:24they soon attracted a cult following.
17:26In 2011, Gould announced he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia for the second time.
17:32Yeah, Ed now has to animate from a bed while he goes to this bout of chemotherapy.
17:36Sadly, in 2012, he passed away at 23 years old from a related infection.
17:42But Gould wanted Ed's World to continue.
17:45First, Ridgewell took over with Ed's World Legacy,
17:48and then Hargreaves took on the responsibility with Ed's World Beyond.
17:51The profits from the show were donated to the charity named Young Lives vs. Cancer.
17:56We, the friends and family of Ed, would like to take this moment to thank you for keeping him company
18:00and keeping him strong for all the months he spent in hospital.
18:04Etika
18:04Known for his energetic videos, especially involving Nintendo properties,
18:09Desmond Amofa developed a group of devoted fans called the Joy-Con Boys.
18:14As time went on, Amofa seemed to be struggling as his behavior was becoming erratic.
18:19In June 2019, through his old TR1 Iceman channel, he uploaded a video called I'm Sorry.
18:27I shouldn't have pushed so many people away.
18:29Now I've got nobody.
18:31Then, he disappeared.
18:33Friends, family, and fans did their best to find Amofa alongside the authorities.
18:38They eventually found his belongings on the Manhattan Bridge, and his body was later found.
18:43He was 29.
18:44Several fellow YouTubers have raised money for charity in Amofa's memory,
18:48while his fans have been creatively showing their appreciation for his work.
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19:06If people were talking about the streamers that highlighted Minecraft the best,
19:14many would mention Technoblade.
19:17Real name, Alex.
19:18Technoblade, where have you been all this time?
19:20Well, you see, I've been farming potatoes in Skyblock.
19:25That wasn't a joke.
19:26If he wasn't making jokes about his friendly rivalry with Dream,
19:29he could be found building and destroying on a Minecraft server or in a tournament,
19:34to the delight of his many fans.
19:35One day in 2021, Technoblade uploaded a video to explain his absence.
19:41I looked at myself in the mirror and I noticed that my right shoulder was starting to swell like crazy.
19:47He had sarcoma, a form of cancer, in his arm.
19:50Technoblade underwent numerous treatments and surgeries to combat this.
19:54But in June 2022, a video on his channel titled So Long Nerds was uploaded.
19:59I'm Technoblade's dad.
20:01He wrote a message and he asked me to read it to all of you.
20:04Within.
20:05Technoblade's father read from a script written by the YouTuber eight hours before his death,
20:10thanking fans for his happy life.
20:12You don't have to do anything else.
20:17You've done so much for so many people.
20:22Millions of people.
20:26And if you want to now, you can rest.
20:30What memories do you have of those we've mentioned in the video?
20:33Let us know below.
20:33That's all I've got for today.
20:35See you guys next time.
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