Celebrities and Social Media Stars Who Announced Their Own Deaths
Celebrities and Social Media Stars Who Announced Their Deaths: Bella Bradford, Paul Harrell and More
Several social media personalities confirmed their own deaths with posthumously released statements and recorded messages.Bella Bradford, for her part, recorded a video for her TikTok page ahead of her October 2024 death. "I have terminal cancer and unfortunately, by now, my life has come to an end , and I've passed away," Bradford, who was 24, said in the footage. "But I wanted to do one final 'Get Ready With Me' because I love doing these, and I love fashion. Thank you for following me on this fun journey. I hope you will back on all my videos and find a little bit of joy in your day if you ever needed to feel."Paul Harrell, a YouTube star best known for making survivalist videos, recorded a video announcing his own passing several months before it was published in September 2024. "As I'm recording this, it is December 2023 and I'm giving [my manager] Brad [Nelson] instructions to publish this upon my death," Harrell, who was 58, said. "So, if you're watching me, I'm dead." Keep scrolling to see which other stars announced their own deaths : Credit: Courtesy of Kimberley Nix/TikTokKimberley Nix
Nix, a TikTok personality, died in May 2024 at the age of 31.
"Hello followers, if you're seeing this message I have passed away peacefully," she said in a posthumous video . "For those of you who don't know me, my name is Kim, hi! It's so nice to meet you and you're welcome to check out all the cool sarcoma facts, information and my lived experience with death and dying with sarcoma cancer. You don't have to go just because you're new."
She added, "I love you all, thank you so much for this amazing opportunity. I'm in happy tears because you've all made me find so much purpose in the end of my life."
Credit: Courtesy of Paul Harrell/YouTubePaul Harrell
Harrell revealed in July 2023 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, less than one year before filming his death announcement video the following December.
"We did catch [the cancer] early but not as early as I had thought," he said. "And it has spread faster than I thought it would. You may have seen me recently using this crutch when I told you I broke my hip. Well, it wasn't because I was injured in any kind of accident, it was because the cancer spread to my bones, the bones crumbled [and] my hip fractured."
Harrell also acknowledged in the footage that his "time was drawing short."
Credit: Courtesy of Fiona Macdonald/InstagramFiona MacDonald
The Australian TV presenter died in October 2024 at the age of 67 after a battle with motor neuron disease.
"Farewell, my friends. My sister Kylie is posting this because I have left the building," a pre-written caption on MacDonald's Instagram read. "Hopefully I'm looking down from a cloud. Last night brought an end to a very tough few months."
The note continued, "While I've never wanted to die, the thought of leaving my tortured body was a relief. The last few months have been tough. Unable to swallow normal food, the tube feeding that should have sustained me didn't work because my gut couldn't tolerate any of the multiple brands of protein drinks. It went straight in and straight out. ... I have been slowly starving, growing weaker and weaker. I've also developed terrible back pain because my muscles aren't supporting my frame."
