A TikTok star was found dead in his home in Los Angeles just days after his final post online
A 31-year-old TikTok star with more than 2.5million followers has been found dead in his home. Star Tucker Genal was discovered just days after his final post and tributes have begun to pour in.
Tucker was found dead inside his home in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday last week and his death has been ruled as a suicide, according to medical examiners in the city. Days before his death Tucker shared a post which included throwback images from every month in the past year, along with the caption: “Wish I could relive some of these moments twice.”
His followers were left heartbroken and tributes flooded in, including from his brother Carson who wrote: “I don’t even know where to begin, you were my best friend and an even better big brother, my entire life I’ve spent looking up to you and trying to follow in your footsteps because you were always my hero.”
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He added: “I know one thing is for certain and that is that I will continue to spend the rest of my life looking up to you until we meet again. You were the kindest person I’ve ever met and the greatest brother that anyone could have ever asked for.”
Before Tucker’s death, he shared a post on Instagram with his friend Sean Schutt. The pair were snapped sitting on Santa’s lap along with the caption: “I can feel the Christmas spirit from my head to my mistletoes.”
Sean shared a tribute to his friend which read: “I don’t know where I would have been without you man. You gave me life. You showed me how beautiful life can be. I’m so blessed to have had you in my life. I will cherish ever moment and memory we shared together. Thank you for always being there for me when I didn’t know where to go.”
He continued: “5 years ago I was in the deepest darkest place in my life and didn’t think there was a way out… I saw these guys Tucker and Carson Genal making a content house in Los Angeles. They invited me to be apart and the rest is history.
“As soon as I moved to LA and lived with them they gave me a whole new perspective on life. Tucker You gave me my motivation you brought a light in me that I never even knew I had.
“You are the kindest most selfless person I knew. You always put others before yourself and you always knew how to care when no one else did. I don’t know where I would have been without you man. YOU gave me Life.”
Zach Justice, a fellow social media star, wrote: “I can’t believe this. Please check on your friends. All my love to him, his family, and all the people who loved him.”
Source: Mirror
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