If Instagram and YouTube launched careers, it is now the social network TikTok which has the wind in its sails and which allows certain people to become influential and famous. In France, we think of Léa Elui who has become a real star of the platform and who is also the most followed Frenchwoman on the social network, thanks in particular to her belly dancing videos.
Since this Thursday, June 9, 2022, the world of TikTok is in mourning after the death of one of the stars of the social network. Followed by nearly 2 million people on the platform, but also by 530,000 subscribers on Instagram, Cooper Noriega, a young 19-year-old American, was known for his videos. The lifeless body of the young man was found in the parking lot of a Los Angeles shopping center on June 9 and the mystery has remained since this tragic discovery.
“Who else thinks he’s going to die young?”
If he had just announced his breakup with another famous tiktokeuse, the young man had recently confided in his many addictions to drugs and medication. In a recent video posted on Instagram, Cooper notably revealed that he started taking drugs with cannabis and Xanax at only 9 years old.
Eager to help people who had to fight against addictions like him, Cooper Noriega had a big project in mind: “I would like to use my influence to create a space to better inform people and normalize talking about mental disorders. My goal is to one day open a rehab center where we would not come out traumatized, and where the teams would be people we can trust” he explained.
For the time being, the causes of the young man’s death are unknown and an investigation has been opened. We note that the day before his death, Cooper had posted a strange video in which he asked his fans: “Who else thinks he’s going to die young?
Aliénor de la Fontaine