YouTuber with 1.6 million followers urged fans to get vaccinated before dying of COVID-19 complicati

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YouTuber with 1.6 million followers urged fans to get vaccinated before dying of COVID-19 complications

Brandon Ashur, known online as Bashurverse or Toasty, passed away due to COVID-19 complications on Sunday. According to Newsweek, Anesa Ashur, his sister, confirmed the passing of the 36-year-old on her private Facebook page.

"My brother fought covid and unfortunately lost the battle," Anesa wrote.

The YouTuber with 1.6 million subscribers was originally known for his videos about the video game Minecraft.

Robin, a moderator of his Discord, confirmed his passing in a post, writing that "he went as peacefully as we could possibly make it" and "we lost a legend last night." She also confirmed in another post in the main channel that Ashur "was not vaccinated."

According to Ashur's Twitter posts, August 11 was the fifth day he had the virus. Four days later, he tweeted that he was in the hospital with "covid and pneumonia." On August 17, he shared that he was being moved to the ICU and two days later urged his followers to "please get your vaccine you don't want this."

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