Top 10 YouTubers Who Died In 2019
In 2019 we lost a number of YouTubers & some were very big. Some made profound impacts on the whole YouTube platform & other things. Yet they all died too soon. Here’s the list so far. R.I.P. to all of them.An amazing legendary man known as the King of Random. He lived up to his name and was known for his essentially random videos. He had a profound impact on the YouTube community. His amazing variety of videos ranged from stunts to simple DIYs, profound ones too, and epic challenges. Unfortunately, he died in a paragliding accident on July 29, 2019, at 38. He almost hit 12 million subscribers but suddenly crashed and died beforehand, and he didn't even make it to age 40. A horrible way to end July this year. Never forget. R.I.P. Grant Thompson/King of Random 1980-2019.
Etika was a popular legendary gaming YouTuber. He was known for gaming, and his work was talented to the point of gaining subscribers rapidly. He had up to ~800,000 subscribers toward the end. He lived through depression and loneliness and admitted how YouTube placed so much stress on him. He felt depressed and decided to move out to a lake, committing suicide by drowning on June 22 at 29. Such an amazing man, we'll never forget. R.I.P. Etika 1990-2019.
A famous icon known as Grandpa Kitchen started YouTube in 2017 and reached 6.02 million subscribers before he died of an illness at 73. R.I.P. Grandpa Kitchen 1946-2019.
An amazing legend named Juice WRLD, a rapper and creator known for his album Too Soon with songs Legends and All Girls Are the Same. Unfortunately, he had epilepsy, which triggered a seizure prior to his death. Besides making music, he was known to have 3.71 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, which was almost as many as Christina Grimmie had. He unfortunately had a bad history of drug abuse, and it's tragic how people engage in those sorts of things instead of living and continuing a long artistic life. We'll never forget this man. He was 21. R.I.P. Juice WRLD 1998-2019.
He was known for his channel Hussein Upsecale, which hit 933,000+ subscribers, almost reaching 1 million. He unfortunately got into a car accident and died on June 6 before reaching his 1st million. R.I.P. Hussein Hamed.
A famous YouTube vlogger and TV star from the United Kingdom. She had ~351,000 subscribers on her channel. She died in a road accident on July 12, which involved riding her scooter down a crossing road and getting hit by a truck. A sudden tragedy. R.I.P. Emily Hartridge.
He was a member of SilvaGunner, which had ~316,000 subscribers. He died on June 17.
Choi Jin-ri, a.k.a. Sulli, was a member of FX and her channel SMTOWN. She had 21.1 million subscribers. She committed suicide on October 14 at 25. She should be #1. XXXTentacion had 14.3M subscribers, though, comparable to Sulli's channel now thanks to rapid subscriber growth. Anyway, R.I.P. Sulli.
He was a famous League of Legends YouTuber from Brazil who suffered from depression since 2015. He promised to talk about what caused his depression but died beforehand by committing suicide on May 18 with drugs. He had ~486,000 subscribers on his channel, which was almost half a million. R.I.P. Não Muito Noob.
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Skylar, from Ellerslie, Georgia, was known for FNaF videos and aimed to reach 100,000 subscribers. He was 12 years old and unexpectedly had cancer. He passed away from it on October 26, 2019. He died the youngest of all. R.I.P. Skylar. 2007-2019.
106 subscribers. He's currently the least popular on here. He was a great comedian known for years of his comedic work on Comedy Central. He was 32, though he shared stories about drugs. R.I.P. Chris Cotton 1987-2019.
He had ~356,000 subscribers on his channel. He suffered from muscular atrophy in some parts of his body, including the roof of his mouth, making speech nearly impossible. R.I.P. Thiago Guilherme.