TikTok star ‘Epic Gamer Grandma’ lifeless at 78
TikTok sensation Epic Gamer Grandma — beloved by hundreds of thousands of followers for her healthful persona and real love of gaming — has died.
She was 78.
The streamer, whose actual identify was Agnes, died “peacefully” and “surrounded by love” on Monday whereas “holding the hand of her daughter, Pauline,” her grandson, Culsan, introduced to her greater than 850,000 Instagram followers on Tuesday.
“We watched the strongest girl we all know slowly lose her phrases, and now that she’s gone, we’re drowning in all of the issues we by no means bought the possibility to say again,” he wrote.
Whereas the 78-year-old gamer’s dying has left the household “fully heartbroken,” Culsan stated they’re “additionally extremely proud” of the legacy she leaves behind and the lives she touched via her platform.
“Grandma confirmed that the web doesn’t solely belong to the younger,” he wrote. “She confirmed that you would be able to be in your seventies and nonetheless discover new communities, new friendships, new methods to specific your self.
“She reminded people who our elders will not be invisible, that they’ve tales, humor, opinions, and a lot love left to offer.”
Culsan first started updating followers about his grandmother’s situation in October, explaining her absence from current movies.
On Oct. 16, he stated Agnes’ continual obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD) had “worsened considerably” and that she had been taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Two days later, he confirmed she had suffered a serious stroke and would bear intensive therapy and testing.
Weeks afterward, on Nov. 6, he shared one other tough replace on her restoration.
“Her thoughts and speech stay critically impaired. Most sentences are both fully illegible or just don’t make sense,” Culsan wrote.
“Her bones are in agony, and it’s completely heartbreaking to witness. My mum and I needed to take frequent breaks to cry and course of all the things so we could possibly be sturdy for grandma when she wanted us most.”
As her well being continued to say no, Culsan persistently expressed gratitude for the supportive messages despatched by followers.
“Each my mum and I’ve cried too many occasions to rely at a few of your feedback,” he wrote. “It means extra to us than you might probably think about.”
As a streamer, Agnes amassed greater than 2.4 million followers on TikTok and a further 117,000 subscribers on YouTube, with a mixed social media viewers within the hundreds of thousands.
Over time, her movies featured her taking part in video games equivalent to “Skyrim,” “Minecraft,” and “Phasmophobia.”
Culsan stated that regardless of months “stuffed with ache, worry, and uncertainty,” she by no means stopped being herself, exhibiting “the identical kindness, the identical wittiness, and the identical quiet energy.”
“Thanks for giving her a second household on-line,” he wrote. “Thanks for making her really feel seen, valued, and celebrated in a world that usually forgets folks her age.
“She mattered to us, to you, and to so many greater than she ever realized.”
