Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade passed away today, after a long battle with cancer. He was 23 years old. His family confirmed his death in an emotional farewell video posted on his behalf. The title of the video was ‘So Long Nerds’.
In his last video, he named himself Alex and his father read a farewell message he had written for his followers. “Thank you all for supporting my content over the years,” he continued. “If I had a hundred more lives, I think I would love to be a technoblade every now and then because those were the happiest years of my life,” the message read.
With over 10 million Youtube followers, Technoblade rose to fame by livestreaming and posting videos of himself playing sandbox video games.
Technoblade’s father in his final video released July 1, 2022
In August 2021, TechnoBlade revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer. In a fundraising video posted in February, he explained that he had undergone chemotherapy, radiation therapy and an organ salvage operation after developing a painful tumor in his right arm.
The video ends with a message from the Technoblade’s family.
The Technoblade kept his personal life a secret and little is known about him other than his online avatar which was a picture of a crowned pig.
YouTubers such as Jay Schlatt, Captain Puffy aka Kara, Tommy Init, Ludwig Ahgren, Quackity and Jake Lucky paid tribute to him.
Technoblade’s father thanked his fans in a farewell video and revealed that a portion of the proceeds from online orders for his late son’s merchandise will now go to charity.
The video ended with a written statement from his family: “From the early online days of TechnoBlade, he was always strategizing ways to please and reward his audience – giving away rewards online, encouraging good sportsmanship, etc. Laughs Even after his final successes he somehow manages to keep his good-natured humility, competing with an enduring balance between self-confidence and self-deprecating intelligence. managed to keep up.”
