YouTuber Annabelle Ham died at 22, her family has confirmed. The news of her tragic passing arrived mere months after the death of another popular YouTuber known as Thick44.
Ham was best known for her lifestyle content and vlogs, which she has been filming since mid-2014. Over the course of the last decade, she averaged around two YouTube videos per month, having produced 230 of them in total. Her main YouTube channel amassed nearly 80,000 subscribers by the time of her passing.
Ham died on Saturday, July 15, after attending a bachelorette party in Fairhope, Alabama, Entertainment Tonight reports. The Fairhope Police Department confirmed they located a deceased individual after responding to a missing person call on the same date. While the local authorities did not publicize the identity of said person, Ham's family later took to social media to confirm the YouTuber's untimely death, clarifying that Ham died after suffering an epileptic seizure. That account corresponds with what the Fairhope PD said of the event, as local authorities already ruled out foul play as a potential cause of death.
Ham's family also revealed that the 22-year-old struggled with epilepsy for "a long time." Following this tragic turn of events, Ham's relatives intend to use her social media channels to raise epilepsy awareness in honor of the late YouTuber. In the meantime, her family asked her followers not to spread unfounded speculation about her death in order to allow them time to grieve, adding that there will come a time to go into more details about her life. Ham's sisters, Alexandria and Amelia, both took to social media to share heartfelt tributes to their late sibling following the news of her death.
Ham was a student at the Georgia-based Kennesaw State University and an intern at the 680 The Fan sports radio station at the time of her passing. Apart from YouTube, the content creator was also active on Instagram and the polarizing social media app TikTok, where she boasted a combined total of over 110,000 followers. Her last online update was posted via TikTok just two days before her passing. Following the news of her death, Ham's social media accounts received an influx of fan messages expressing condolences to her family.
Ham's passing adds to the growing list of untimely influencer deaths in 2023. Over the course of the last seven months, the online community already lost German bodybuilder Jo "Joesthetics" Lindner and 33-year-old TikTok star Waffler69, among several other Internet personalities.
Source: Fairhope PD / Facebook