You follow them for years, laugh at their posts, then poof… gone. Some young online stars died in 2025 without a single headline. You scroll past their old videos, realise they’re not coming back, and wonder why nobody said anything. Remember them. Fame disappears fast, people don’t. Here are famous influencers who died in 2025 but didn’t make the news.
Emman Atienza
Filipino TikTok creator Emman Atienza was only 19 when she died on Oct. 23 in Los Angeles. Her mother Felicia wrote the heartbreaking update on Oct. 24: “It’s with deep sadness that we share the unexpected passing of our daughter and sister, Emman.” Her family added, “She brought so much joy, laughter, and love into our lives.” You don’t need millions of followers to understand why that matters. The medical examiner confirmed she died by suicide. Her parents and siblings said, “Emman had a way of making people feel seen and heard,” urging fans to honor her by showing compassion, courage and “a little extra kindness” every day.
Stacey Hatfield
Australia-based nutritionist and influencer Stacey Hatfield built a loyal crowd on Natural Spoonfuls, posting low-tox recipes and everyday tips you’d probably Google at 2 a.m. Then life flipped. Her husband Nathan Warnecke announced on Oct. 19, “Its with heavy heart that (I) share with you the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife, soul mate and best friend, Stacey Warnecke (Hatfield).” She died on Sept. 29 after giving birth to their baby boy. You follow someone for healthy hacks and forget real risk exists. Nathan added, “Her work was an incredible part of her life and she took great pride in what she did.”
Anunay Sood
Las Vegas cops now believe 32-year-old travel influencer Anunay Sood didn’t suffer a heart attack at all. He was found dead on November 4, 2025 at the Wynn Las Vegas, and officers recovered narcotics plus a bag of unknown white powder in his hotel room. A woman who’d been with him told police they bought what they thought was cocaine from a guy in the casino, used it, then crashed for the night. She woke up. He didn’t. That simple, awful moment changed everything. Headlines got the story wrong at first, and fans are left wondering why risky choices still feel harmless until they aren’t.
Barbara Jankavski
Brazilian influencer Bárbara Jankavski, better known as the “Human Barbie,” died on November 2 at just 31. Fans followed her journey through cosmetic enhancements, from her June facelift to the extreme look that earned her over 344,000 followers on TikTok and more than 55,000 on Instagram. She called herself “Boneca Desumana,” translated as “inhuman doll,” leaning into the surreal persona she crafted online.
A police report obtained by CNN Brasil stated that 51-year-old public defender Renato Campos Pinto de Vitto said he’d hired her for “sexual services,” adding that the two used illicit substances before she fell asleep. “She wasn’t moving,” he reportedly told authorities. The São Paulo Public Security Secretariat opened an investigation and ordered autopsy and toxicology tests to determine what happened that night.
Kaelin Bradshaw
Kaelin Bradshaw spent her final year showing TikTok what real courage looks like. Diagnosed with stage 4 Cholangiocarcinoma in October 2024 at just 29, she kept posting, smiling, and letting you into her world. Her husband Austin said, “She promised me and our family she was going to fight and never give up.” And she did, right up until Oct. 27 around 1 a.m., holding his hand. “She was not in pain, and her room was surrounded by the love and compassion of our entire family.” You ever scroll past someone and feel like you know them? Kaelin earned that.
Alex Luan dos Santos Pereira a.k.a. Valioso
Brazil is reeling after two young online stars died days apart. Alex Luan dos Santos Pereira, the 20-year-old TikTok creator fans called Valioso, reportedly crashed a speeding car into a tree on October 4. He died instantly. His last post on September 29 showed a dramatic close-up and a cryptic text screenshot; it’s now flooded with thousands of “will miss you” messages. Days earlier, 31-year-old influencer Adair Mendes Dutra Junior reportedly passed away from complications linked to a cosmetic procedure. He’d told Feed TV he battled an infection, sharing videos of his swollen face while a dermatologist tried to help. Two lives. Too fast.
Rafaela Del Bianchi
Rafaela Del Bianchi built an audience of nearly 30,000 fans who followed her gym clips, beach trips and life with her 11-year-old daughter, Julia. On Oct. 3, the 27-year-old influencer died after her car flipped on the Lix da Cunha Highway in São Paulo around 5 a.m., and she was thrown from the vehicle. Her friend survived with minor injuries. You ever scroll someone’s feed and feel like you know them? Kerolin Nicoli and Julia wrote, “Even though we know that one day life will end, we are never prepared to lose someone… Our love doesn’t end here — it’s just moved places.” Her family echoed that love. Her brother Ryan shared, “They say time is able to heal everything, but it’s been hard to heal this void in my heart since you left.” Adriano del Bianchi added, “I will never forget you in my life.”
Jennifer Nicole Rivas
Jennifer Nicole Rivas built a community fast. At just 21, the Tegucigalpa journalism student snagged 100,000 TikTok followers, hosted on CHTV and even joked around with comedy crew Los Venados 504. On Oct. 1, her family found her at home. They said she lived with epilepsy and stayed on permanent medication. People sometimes forget how unpredictable that condition can be. Have you checked in on friends dealing with something similar?
Messages poured in. “Rest in peace, little doll, thanks for making us smile at Los Venados 504.” Another wrote, “How beautiful she was. Rest in peace.”
Luanna Araújo
Luanna Araújo built a fun corner of Instagram with 92,000 people following her makeup tips and outfit videos. She turned 29 on Sept. 26 and spent the night with her fiancé, Korbinian Andreas Dengler, 36, and their friend Herbson Nunes Negrão, 24. At 1:20 a.m. on the BR-116 highway, their car struck two trucks. All three passengers died. One truck driver was hospitalized in critical condition; the other walked away with minor injuries. Her former school posted, “Colégio Santa Sofia expresses its deepest condolences for the passing of Luanna Araújo…” You hug your people tighter after news like this.
Jacinda Jenkins
Influencer life isn’t always sponsored trips and cute scrunchies. Jacinda Jenkins built a community of hundreds of thousands on TikTok, posting fashion and everyday chaos while raising two kids on her own. She died suddenly on Sept. 29 at just 28. Her mother, Emily Kocik, broke the news on Oct. 1: “This is absolutely the worst thing I’ve had to do.”
Her obituary said, “Her followers didn’t just admire her — they felt her,” and called her “a voice for those who often go unheard.” You’ve probably got someone like that in your life. Check in. Hug them longer than usual.
Tang Feiji
Tang Feiji told fans he’d mastered his single-seat ultralight after only six hours of practice. He even bragged about dropping 350,000 yuan on it, around $49,000, for a machine that weighed just over 250 pounds and could hit 60 miles per hour. He was 55 and had about 100,000 Douyin followers tuning in for his adventures. On Sept. 27, he streamed himself taking off, flying toward the sky, then everything went wrong. The aircraft plunged and burst into flames while hundreds watched. Local authorities confirmed no one else was hurt. Viewers were left asking themselves why someone would risk everything to entertain strangers online.
Paola Caldera
Paola Caldera jumped on TikTok in May 2023 with a casual Walmart run and somehow pulled in more than 104,000 followers by just being herself. The 30-year-old Venezuelan creator shared everyday moments with her partner and two kids, ages 3 and 8, before things changed late 2024 when she told fans a stubborn headache led to a leukemia diagnosis. “Here we are facing God’s challenges, we are doing well and we will continue like this!” she wrote. In September, her family posted: “Leukemia may have contained her physical presence, but never the mark she left on our hearts.”
Gracious Teiyan
Kenyan creator Gracious Teiyan built a huge following online, racking up more than 328,000 TikTok fans by the time she was 26. On September 14, she went to hospital with severe migraines. Two days later, she was gone. Doctors told her fiancé, Paul Simat, that sinus thrombosis caused blood clots in her brain. Teiyan grew up in Ngong, studied at Mount Kenya University and lived in Nairobi, sharing everyday life with people who felt like friends. After she died, Simat posted, “I prayed and pleaded with God to bring you back to me…” He opened his University of Nairobi diploma, wishing she were there to celebrate.
Jaqueline Barbosa Nascimento
Jaqueline Barbosa Nascimento was only 22 when she headed to Igaratá “to take photos” on August 31. She jumped on a jet ski at the Jaguari dam and never came back. Local police later confirmed she drowned. Her friend Gabrielle Reis said they warned her. “All of our close friends and I begged her not to go… Then she kept pestering us all week, saying, ‘Let’s go, let’s go.’ In the end, she went.” You feel that, right? The pressure to keep up. Maybe choose friends over FOMO next time. Reis remembered her as “our light,” posting memorial plans and photos on September 4 and 5.
Osanju
Ghana’s comedy star Osanju built a following of more than a million TikTok fans by laughing through life’s punches. He talked openly about leukemia since mid-2023, showing bruises and joking while explaining treatment costs. “I’m dying inside,” he wrote in April, saying his cancer was “taking some turns.” That honesty made people care. On Aug. 31, he was still hyped about Barcelona ending 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano, calling it “great disappointment.” Then, the silence. His friend Ama Yeboah broke the news on Sept. 1: “Your memory will forever be a guiding light.” Fans asked, “How can you post 11 hours ago and then disappear like that?” He was just fighting to live and make you laugh.
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