Famous YouTube Stars Who Sadly Died Far Too Young

The sheer quantity of time we spend with our favorite YouTubers has a quality of its own, and it sometimes even feels like they're our friends. And when they die, the feeling of loss is immense. These are the famous YouTube stars who sadly died far too young. English YouTuber Emily Hartridge ran a modest-sized channel, but her knack for clickable video titles let her rack up tens of millions of views. This SEO queen started posting on YouTube way back in the primordial standard-definition days of 2007. Fans got to see her blossom from wandering twenty-something vlogger to confessional comedian, giving cheeky tips on topics like how to get a hot, younger boyfriend – if that's your cup of tea. Sadly, tragedy struck in July 2019, when Hartridge was killed in London after being struck by a truck while driving her electric scooter. This was the first such fatality in Britain involving this type of e-scooter. She was only 35. Hartridge's shocked fans, expecting her normal content to be uploaded to YouTube the following day, discovered the terrible news in an abrupt announcement via Instagram. It read, "Many of you were expecting to see Emily today ... We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten. She has touched so many lives it's hard to imagine things without her." Keep watching for more about famous YouTube stars who sadly died far too young. Emily Hartridge | 0:00 Rich Piana | 1:13 Steve Cash | 2:30 The King of Random | 3:47 Christina Grimmie | 5:06 Stevie Ryan | 6:18 Gregg Plitt | 7:21 Dillon the Hacker | 8:24 Total Biscuit | 9:32 Tai Couture | 10:42