YouTuber and Minecraft streamer Technoblad has shared one final video saying he has died from cancer at the age of 23. The content creator, who had 10.8 million YouTuber subscribers, was diagnosed with stage four cancer almost a year ago, reports The Mirror.
His father shared a YouTube video called 'so long nerds' and shared the heartbreaking news with fans. “Hello everyone, Technoblade here,” the message started. “If you’re watching this. I am dead.
"So let's have one final chat... My real name is Alex. I had one of my siblings call me Dave one time in a deleted video from 2016.
"And it was one of the most successful pranks we've ever done."
The message, read out by his father, went on to thank his fans for supporting him and his content over the years. He also kept the message lighthearted as the message played over a Minecraft video.
"Thank you all for supporting my content over the years," he continued. "If I had another hundred lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade again every single time as those were the happiest years of my life."
"I hope you guys enjoyed my content and I made some of you laugh and I hope you all go on to live long, prosperous and happy lives because I love you guys.
"Technoblade out..."
The video continued with his father sitting on a chair in front of a white background revealing that he and Alex spent several months discussing doing a 'final video'. They meant to film the video together but 'left it too long', so Alex ended up writing it.
However, he had a 'hard time doing the writing'.
His dad continued while tearing up: "At some point, I got down on my knee at his bedside and I said to him, 'Alex, you don't have to do anything else. You've done so much for so many people... millions of people. And if you want to now, you can rest. But if you want to write one last video and you're waiting for things to get a little better then I would say don't wait. I don't think things are going to get any better any more.'
Technoblade's father thinks his son didn't get to say everything he wanted to say but 'got the main points'.
The YouTuber, renowned for his pranks, died eight hours after writing his final message. "He was the most amazing kid anyone could ever ask for. I miss Technoblade," his father added.
