Keenan Cahill, a well-liked YouTuber recognized for his viral lip sync movies, died final week (Dec. 29) because of problems from open-heart surgical procedure. He was simply 27 years previous.
Based on his supervisor David Graham, per TMZ, the content material creator underwent the surgical procedure in a Chicago hospital on Dec. 15 and was placed on life assist after leaving the working room.
Cahill was born with a uncommon situation known as Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, which progressively causes tissues and organs within the physique to enlarge, grow to be infected, scar and finally atrophy. The illness may also trigger skeletal abnormalities.
In a GoFundMe launched to assist cowl his medical and funeral bills, Cahill’s aunt wrote, “Due to his uncommon illness, he has had numerous surgical procedures over his brief life together with a bone marrow transplant. Thanks to everybody that made Keenan’s brief life memorable. He will likely be missed by all who knew him.”
The YouTube persona first went viral in the summertime of 2010 by importing a lip sync to Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.” Through the years, he additionally teamed up with the likes of Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, DJ Pauly D, David Guetta, Jason Derulo and extra. Cahill even had historical past on the Billboard charts, with “Arms Up,” his 2013 single with Electrovamp, touchdown at No. 14 on the Dance Membership Songs chart.
Following the information of his demise, tributes to Cahill flooded in on social media. Pauly D wrote, “Rip Keenan…Thank You for at all times making the world smile,” alongside a photograph of the pair behind a DJ sales space. Andy Grammer shared his personal video with the YouTuber and tweeted, “So unhappy to listen to concerning the passing of @KeenanCahill – He was a brilliant mild and his pleasure was undeniably infectious.”
Learn extra tributes to Cahill’s reminiscence under.
