New Delhi: An Instagram star, beauty influencer, makeup artist and Youtuber Ethan Peters died at the age of 17 on September 5, 2020. His father Gerald Fox confirmed the news on Sunday. Ethan Peters, who is popularly known as ‘Ethanisupreme’ had over 560K followers on Instagram and over 140K subscribers on YouTube. His net worth was estimated to be around $500,000 and supposedly, the cause of his death stands drug overdose.


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In one of his YouTube videos dated back from 2017, Ethan revealed how he was kicked out of his school for being gay. He mentioned in his video that it was against the rules to be gay in his high school.



Ethan also recently launched a clothing brand, ‘Hellboy’, which he described as ‘Like a gay hottopic or something.’ He also ran a successful meme account on Instagram before transforming into a beauty influencer, according to a report by People Magazine. Ethan then sold the account for $25,000 at the age of 13 years.

According to a report of BBC, the influencer had also been accused of racism and transphobia and faced criticism last year for a dismissive comment about Beyonce.

The deceased’s father said in his statement to Fox News, “He wanted nothing but to inspire, make people laugh and push the boundaries of what is acceptable in our world for all young people. He was a kind soul who accepted everyone for who they were.”

Fellow influencer Ava Louise wrote in one of her tweets, “2 percs killed my best friend. ONLY 2. Don’t do them or if you wanna at least fucking test them first. Be safe- you don’t want your best friend to feel what I feel right now.”

In another tweet, she mentioned what made Ethan turn to drugs. Her tweet read, “Ethan was well liked and well respected in the beauty industry. About a year ago he turned to drugs due to the pressure of being famous online at such a young age. He became problematic recently due to drug induced mania. He’s a good fucking person. He didn’t deserve to die.”

Ava Louise also tweeted for her best friend Ethan Peters, “My best friend in the entire world, my twin flame.....the only person there for me when I had no one. I love you Ethan, I am at a loss for words. I wish I knew how bad it was. I know what you’d want me to say to the Internet rn but I’m to heartbroken to say it. Rip”











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