23 December 2025 The online world woke up to heartbreaking news this week as beloved YouTube travel creator Adam “the Woo” Williams was found dead at his home in Celebration, Florida, on Monday, December 22, 2025, at the age of 51. Known for his cheerful explorations of theme parks, roadside curiosities and pop-culture destinations, Williams had spent more than a decade crafting a digital life that felt like a friend’s postcard from across America. His unexpected passing has

16 December 2025 Aline Cristina Dalmolin. Aline Cristina Dalmolin/Instagram Aline Cristina Dalmolin, a beloved Brazilian business influencer, leadership mentor and public figure, died on December 15, 2025, at the age of 41 after a devastating car crash in Balneário Camboriú, a coastal city in southern Brazil. The tragic collision occurred in the early hours of Monday morning when the vehicle in which Dalmolin was riding as a passenger struck an electricity pole at high speed,

14 December 2025 Brie Bird reclines in a chair in a shot posted to social media. Instagram/@briestrongerthancancer The social media community and fans around the world are mourning the heartbreaking loss of nine-year-old influencer Brielle “Brie” Bird, who died on December 11, 2025, after a long and courageous struggle with stage-4 neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer that she battled for five years. Her family shared the sad news in a deeply moving Instagram

13 December 2025 Brielle Bird. Brielle Bird/Instagram The internet was left reeling as the family of Brielle “Brie” Bird announced that the 9-year-old social media star has died after a long and inspiring battle with Stage 4 neuroblastoma. Brie, who documented her health journey with candor and courage for nearly a million followers under the username @briestrongerthancancer, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family, leaving behind a le

12 December 2025 Yasmim Angela Feitosa de Souza. Yasmim Angela Feitosa de Souza/Instagram In a tragic echo of an earlier loss, 22-year-old Fridman Gustavo Amorim Brito has died from methanol poisoning in Brazil less than a month after his influencer girlfriend, Yasmim Ângela Feitosa de Souza, also succumbed to the same toxic substance. Brito’s death on December 10, 2025 brings a heartbreaking close to an ordeal that began on November 10, when both young people and a friend co

07 December 2025 Michael Duarte, 36, shared a story of his personal hardships and triumphs just days before he was killed. Instagram/@foodwithbearhands The online food world was rocked when 36-year-old chef and social-media personality FoodWithBearHands ,real name Michael Duarte was shot and killed by police in Castroville, Texas on November 8 during what authorities described as a violent and erratic incident. Just weeks before the tragic confrontation, Duarte had used his p

28 November 2025 When cooking influencer Tini Younger and her husband Antoine Wright Jr. shared the joyous news earlier this year that they were expecting twin daughters, fans celebrated what seemed like the perfect next chapter for the couple. In June 2025 Younger posted an adorable reveal declaring “2 sous chefs on the way,” a nod to her food-content roots and her excitement about expanding her family. On November 26, 2025, that hope turned into heartbreak. In an emotionall

21 November 2025 The cause of death for 25-year-old social media influencer Ben Bader has been officially ruled as a natural event linked to cardiovascular disease, according to the autopsy from the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner obtained by multiple news outlets. Bader, who had amassed more than 200,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram and X with his lifestyle and financial-advice content, was found unresponsive on October 23, 2025 at the gym inside the Admiral’s Cove

17 November 2025 In an eerie final chapter to his adventurous life, YouTube fishing creator Mikey Rijavec, known for his SD Fish and Sips channel, was found dead on November 16, 2025 five days after issuing a mayday call while fishing eight miles off the coast of Baja California. Rijavec’s disappearance began on November 11 when he recorded an engine failure aboard his 14-foot skiff and broadcast what appeared to be a genuine plea for help. The U.S. Coast Guard, the Mexican N

14 November 2025 Diana Areas. Diana Areas/Instagram Brazilian influencer Diana Areas, 39, who amassed roughly 200,000 followers by sharing fitness-and-nutrition content on Instagram, has died after falling from her apartment building in the Parque Tamandaré neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro state on November 13, 2025. Earlier that morning, Areas had been taken to Ferreira Machado Hospital with multiple bodily injuries, but according to local reports she left the hospital withou

12 November 2025 Michael Duarte. Michael Duarte/Instagram Popular food influencer Michael Duarte who created online content under the name “FoodWithBearHands” and had amassed over 2 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube died on November 8, 2025, after being shot by a deputy in Medina County, Texas, following a disturbance call. Duarte, 39, was in Castroville responding to a call involving a male subject with a knife acting erratically and threatenin

04 November 2025 Iris Hsieh (left) Namewee (right) Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh who amassed over half‐a-million followers was discovered unresponsive in a bathtub at a Kuala Lumpur hotel on October 22. Initially treated as a sudden death, authorities have since reclassified the investigation as a murder. According to a statement from Malaysian police chief Fadil Marsus, the 31‐year-old’s body was found around 1:40 p.m. in a hotel on Jalan Conlay, and after a review of evid

29 October 2025 TikTok creator Kaelin Bradshaw (also known as @kae.bradshaw) has died at the age of 29 after a courageous public journey chronicling her fight with a rare form of bile-duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma. Her husband Austin Bradshaw confirmed her passing on October 27, 2025, noting that she died peacefully in hospice care, not in pain, surrounded by family and holding his hand. Bradshaw, who had nearly 100,000 followers on TikTok, first revealed her diagnosi

28 October 2025 Fernanda Maroca, the Brazilian social-media fitness influencer and city councilwoman in the town of Lago Verde passed away on October 23, 2025, at the age of 30, bringing an abrupt and sorrowful end to a life that straddled digital stardom and public service. Known online for sharing fitness tips, beauty-and-wellness content, and slices of everyday life, Fernanda had amassed more than 54,000 Instagram followers at the time of her passing. She was also serving

27 October 2025 Miami-based creator Ben Bader, known for his lifestyle and financial-advice content across Instagram, TikTok and X, passed away on October 23, 2025, at the age of 25, his girlfriend Reem announced via a heartfelt TikTok tribute. In her video tribute, Reem described Bader as “the kindest, most caring, most generous person I have ever met in my entire life.” She revealed the news had come in the worst possible phone call and noted the cause of death remains unkn

24 October 2025 At just 19 years old, Emman Atienza who had grown a devoted following across TikTok and Instagram left behind a sudden and heartbreaking reminder of the invisible burdens behind online personas. In early September she publicly announced she was taking a break from social media, saying that she was finding it "increasingly hard to be authentic and proud" of her posts as the joy she once felt in creating content had begun to fade. Emman began posting on TikTok l

22 October 2025 Brazilian bodybuilding champion and social-media fitness influencer Kadu Santos, known in full as Ricardo Nolasco dos Santos, passed away on Monday at the age of 31, leaving behind a stunned community of fans, colleagues and loved ones. According to multiple reports, Santos died in Novo Hamburgo in the state of Rio Grande do Sul; no official cause of death has been released. Santos had built a remarkable competitive résumé. He won 11 bodybuilding titles in his

21 October 2025 Colombian social media influencer Estefanía Restrepo Valencia—known online as “La Traviesa RP” has died at the age of 26 after she was reportedly attacked during a robbery while travelling with her partner on a highway outside Medellín. According to police records she was admitted to the Las Vegas Clinic in Medellín late on the evening of October 17 after sustaining multiple stab wounds to her arm and neck. She died shortly after arrival. The incident took pla

20 October 2025 Stacey Hatfield. @naturalspoonfuls/Instagram Australian food and wellness influencer Stacey Hatfield, founder of the brand Natural Spoonfuls, tragically passed away on September 29 2025 following an uncomplicated home birth of her first child, a son named Axel. Her husband Nathan Warnecke announced her death via Instagram, describing the cause as “an unforeseen and extremely rare complication” that arose shortly after the successful delivery and resulted in he

18 October 2025 Steve Bridges. Credit: Steve Bridges/Instagram In a video posted to his Instagram account on October 17, his wife, Chelsey Bridges, tearfully announced that the beloved content creator had passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 15. Steve had become widely recognized for his viral point-of-view comedy sketches on both TikTok and Instagram, in which he portrayed exaggerated everyday characters such as “solar panel salesmen” or overly dramatic partners in