YouTuber Adam the Woo, who gained fame documenting his life via vlogging, was found dead at the age of 51 in his Orlando home, according to authorities.
Deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office were sent to the online personality’s Orlando, Florida area home at 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon to conduct a well-being check, a spokeswoman told TMZ.
Deputies were not able to establish communication with the YouTube star (whose full name was Adam Williams) at the time, the spokeswoman said.
Deputies came back to the house more than two hours later, at about 2:50 p.m., after a cal reporting an unattended death was filed, officials told the outlet.
Officials said a worried friend of Adam’s used a ladder to look through a window, and saw the YouTube star lying unresponsive on a bed.
The friend had made contact with Adam the day before, according to authorities.
YouTuber Adam the Woo was found dead at the age of 51 in his Orlando home, according to authorities
At that point, deputies and fire rescue workers entered the home, where Adam was pronounced dead once they examined him.
A cause of death was not immediately clear; an autopsy is slated to be conducted by the medical examiner, the outlet reported.
Officials said they told Adam’s father about his passing, the outlet reported.
Adam had more than 407,000 followers on his YouTube account, and another 85,000 on Instagram.
A cause of death was not immediately clear. An autopsy is slated to be conducted by the medical examiner, the outlet reported
Adam had more than 407,000 followers on his YouTube account, and another 85,000 on Instagram
In a YouTube bio, Adam described the activities he documented online.
‘I go on adventures,’ he said. ‘Everything from abandoned theme parks to movie locations to wacky roadside attractions.’
Adam, who described himself as ‘an 80s pop culture nerd,’ said he didn’t take himself or his videos ‘too seriously.’
