“We are in great sorrow”

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– Children in Denmark grew up watching it. Today, a young YouTube star died following a tragic accident in the Italian Alps, where he was filming a new video for his channel. Italian broadcaster Rai reports that Albert Dyrlund, 22, was filming on Mount Seceda in Val Gardena on Wednesday when he fell from the mountain by News week. His mother, Vibe Jorger Jensen, told local media outlet TV 2 that her son fell more than 200 meters. A helicopter was sent up the mountainside to try to save Dyrlund, but it was too late; He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed the fatal fall to local media.

“We’re in great grief, but I wish his fans knew about it,” Jensen said. Other YouTubers and fans of Dyrlund – who was known online for his music videos and comedy skits, with more than 173,000 YouTube subscribers at the time of his death – were devastated to hear the news, by People. “I’m completely beside myself,” Danish You Tube star Rasmus Brohave wrote on Twitter. “I’m ready to cry and void of words. I can’t understand it.” And from a fan: “Rip Albert Dyrlund a legend saved my childhood.” Insider notes other recent deaths from social media royalty, including a 23-year-old Chinese influencer who died earlier this month after falling from a crane while trying to create a video of herself. (Read more YouTube stories.)