cooper noriegapopular TIC Toc The creator, who has more than 1.7 million followers on that app, died on Thursday in Burbank, Calif. He was 19 years old and his death caused a wave of mourning. social media,
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said Noriega was found dead on the 500 block of North First Street in Burbank, California. The exact cause of death is still being investigated.
Noriega joined TikTok in spring 2019, quickly building a following for his comedy skits, lip-syncing videos and chats. He later added a YouTube channel and had over 89,000 followers on Twitter, with nearly 430,000 fans on Instagram. He was interested in fashion and spoke openly about his struggles with mental health.
He recently launched a website to discuss mental health issues, dubbing it “vigorously discord for mental health”, referring to another social media app.
“One of the things I learned while battling addiction was that surrounding myself with negative people will only bring you down,” he wrote. “For that reason, this discord is about bringing us all together and creating a safe space where people can get out and help others in their difficult times.”