YouTuber and Twitch streamer Brandon “Bashurverse” Ahsur has died at the age of 36 due to complications from COVID-19. He was a successful content creator for Minecraft on YouTube in the early 2010s until his past caught up with him. Even from his hospital bed, he urged people to get vaccinated.
This was Bashurverse’s career:
- The Minecraft career of the American took place mainly in 2013. At that time, his YouTube channel grew by several hundred thousand subscribers in a short period. By April 2014, he had surpassed one million subscribers.
- However, in 2015, it came to light that he had been arrested 11 years earlier in Kentucky for having “illegal contact with a minor.” Terrible rumors quickly spread on the internet. Ashur later admitted that he had had a relationship with a 15-year-old while he was 18. The fact that this story surfaced years later triggered a personal crisis for the YouTuber.
- After abruptly ending his career in 2017, Ashur tried to rebuild a career starting in 2019 as “Toasty Time” and worked as a Twitch streamer.
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YouTuber succumbs to COVID-19 after weeks of battle: “It is hell”
This was his COVID experience: Throughout August, the Twitch streamer repeatedly addressed his fans on Twitter and reported on his battle against the COVID-19 illness:
- On August 12, he wrote that this was his 5th day with COVID. His father had infected him, and he was now in the hospital receiving oxygen. The experience was terrible.
- On August 15, he said he was admitted to the hospital. He had both COVID and pneumonia. It was pure hell.
- On August 17, the streamer wrote that he was being transferred to the intensive care unit. He hoped he could survive.
- On August 23, he stated that he was still in the intensive care unit and was on oxygen. He urged his followers to get vaccinated. He said he was close to death but was now fighting to come back to life.
- On August 26, he thanked the fans for their support. He believed he could make it.
The tweets stopped. As it turns out now, he did not survive the fight against COVID.
As his sister informs the community of the streamer via Discord, the Twitch streamer has died at the age of 36.
His sister says she held his hand as he passed away during the night, with banjo music playing in the background. He fell asleep as peacefully as possible. The doctors had told them he was beyond the point of return. The family had to choose how they wanted to let him go.
Over Twitter, some users have been condoling in the last hours: They say the YouTuber shaped their childhood.
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