YouTuber and Minecraft streamer Technoblade has died at the age of 23 after a year-long battle with stage four cancer. The content creator came from San Francisco. He kept his identity confidential and only revealed his name as Alex in his final video. Alex gained fame when he started posting videos on YouTube of himself playing Minecraft in 2013. This led to him gaining more than 10,000,000 subscribers. He was diagnosed with stage four cancer last August and had spent most of the last year away from the public eye while undergoing chemotherapy. While it is not known what form of cancer Alex had, he went on to raise funds for sarcoma charities - and in December he revealed that he had undergone surgery to remove a tumor in his arm. In a video posted to Technoblade's YouTube channel today, which was titled 'So long nerds', his father, whose name is unknown, shared the heartbreaking news of his son's passing with his many fans, while relaying a posthumous farewell from the famed YouTube star. He called his son the best kid and then shared an audio recording from his son. He said: If I had another hundred life, I think that I would choose Technoblade again every single day as those were my happiest years in my life. Technoblade, a YouTuber and Minecraft streamer, has died after a long battle with cancer. His family has confirmed. Technoblade was a highly private person who rarely shared his personal details. He mostly posted videos about the sandbox game Minecraft. He had three younger siblings and a brother called Chris. He also had Floof, a dog named after him, in his farewell videos. In one video, the actor revealed that his parents were divorcées and that he lived with him father, who owns a film studio. After high school, he took a gap year before moving to Chicago where he went to college to become an English major. Bags of fun! Staff at a Penney's store in Dublin go viral... Raise a glass to Dame Debs! Lorraine Kelly leads toasts... He returned to San Francisco, however, after dropping out. In one of his videos, he explained how he created the Tecnoblade channel for the sole purpose of gaining confidence and getting 10 million subscribers. He quickly amassed a following of millions, sharing with them multiple clips of himself playing Minecraft, although he never revealed his face or name to fans. He shared the shocking news about his cancer diagnosis in August in a video called Where I've Been, which has been viewed over 13 million times. In the video, the actor revealed to his fans that he was diagnosed after he thought he suffered from an arm injury. The content creator (seen right), who had never shared his name or face prior to his final video was uploaded, was diagnosed as stage four cancer last January He initially thought it was a stress-related injury from his ongoing gaming. He took a few days of vacation before realizing that it wasn't going anywhere. Books and stuff
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