Dying for clicks: Influencers whose bids for fame ended in tragedy - from gorging themselves to death to leaving a newborn to starve by 'feeding it only sunlight'

Scaling a 700ft skyscraper, leaping into a reservoir, and ghost hunting successful agrarian Italy are conscionable immoderate attempts influencers person made to sprout exciting, caller societal media contented for their swathes of followers.

But the consequences of each resulted successful akin outcomes - they each ended successful death.

And portion societal media remains a playground of contention betwixt wannabe stars and online icons, the lengths immoderate contented creators are consenting to spell to for the astir likes is becoming chillingly extreme.

From dying aft gorging connected 10kg of nutrient successful 1 sitting, to being jailed for forcing a newborn babe into a sunlight lone diet, respective online personalities person paid the eventual terms for integer success, popularity, and fame.

MailOnline has looked astatine immoderate of the astir tragic endings to failed attempts astatine becoming the astir iconic net sensation.

Ten-hour Mukbang 

A 24-year-old binge-eating live-streamer died portion broadcasting a 10-hour nutrient binge connected cake, chickenhearted fingers, and seafood to thousands of her followers.

Pan Xiaoting, from China, died successful July 2024 from a suspected tummy teardrop portion gorging connected 10kg (22lbs) of food, including what appeared to beryllium cocoa cake.

Autopsy results revealed that her tummy had go severely deformed and filled with undigested food, suggesting that her tummy could person burst, causing tummy acerb and nutrient to leak into her abdomen.

Dr Andrew Harris , a elder lecturer of science astatine Nottingham Trent University successful the UK, said: 'Mukbang videos halfway astir depletion and indulgence, perchance reinforcing a rhythm of overeating oregon unhealthy nutrient relationships.'

China has specified an all-out prohibition connected mukbang videos, but it has not stopped contented creators from live-streaming their binges.

Pan Xiaoting live-streamed her nutrient marathon connected July 14 earlier she collapsed.

Viewers reportedly tried to supply distant help, but it wasn't enough.

She had been hospitalised conscionable earlier her decease with tummy bleeding though it was not wide however soon earlier the incidental she was discharged.

When she died, astir of the nutrient she ate had not been digested yet and was sitting successful her stomach.

Trio dice successful Canada waterfall plunge

A YouTube vlogger died successful 2018 aft plummeting down a waterfall successful Canada portion trying to prevention his person who slipped and fell earlier him.

Adrenaline-junkie Ryker Gamble, past 30, was with his transmission co-creator Alexey Andriyovych Lyakh and Lyakh's woman Megan Scraper erstwhile the 3 of them tragically plunged 100ft to their deaths astatine Shannon Falls successful British Columbia.

The trio were a portion of YouTube transmission High On Life SundayFundayz which posted exotic question and escapade videos. 

One of their stints landed Gamble and Lyakh successful jailhouse for 7 days for trespassing astatine Yellowstone National Park.

The radical of 3 hiked and swam successful a bid of pools that autumn on the 1,100ft tallness of the waterfall past 'walked on the ledge soon determination after', erstwhile Scraper abruptly fell, constabulary said astatine the time.

Gamble and Lyakh attempted to prevention her but they besides fell and got swept into the currents.

The victims were each successful their 20s and 30s.

French daredevil who plunged from 68-storey Hong Kong skyscraper

French daredevil Remi Lucidi, 30, died past twelvemonth aft falling disconnected a skyscraper successful Hong Kong.

A maid saw him knocking connected the model of a penthouse connected the 68th level of the 721ft Tregunter Tower successful July.

Lucidi reportedly entered the operation astatine astir 6pm and told a information defender helium was visiting a person connected the 40th floor. 

He was reportedly spotted connected CCTV leaving the assistance connected the 49th level and again connected the staircase to the apical floor, wherever a doorway had been forced open. 

The maid called constabulary aft spotting the antheral astatine astir 7:30pm portion helium attempted to question assistance earlier losing his footing.

Lucidi had plunged to his decease earlier officers arrived.

Police said a 30-year-old man's assemblage was recovered connected a patio successful the city's Mid-Levels area.

'A preliminary probe suggested the antheral was an utmost sports enthusiast,' a root said astatine the time.

'It is imaginable that helium got trapped extracurricular the penthouse portion practising an utmost athletics successful the building, and helium knocked connected the model for help, but accidentally fell to his death.' 

Falls into reservoir portion filming daring stunt

A Brazilian influencer died successful April aft falling into an tremendous reservoir portion filming an ambitious stunt for his fans successful an mishap investigators called 'suspicious'. 

Diego Kaua Oliveira Santos, 20, slipped into Lake Salto Grande successful the Brazilian municipality of Americana, wherever the societal media prima and his friends were hanging retired and taking pictures. 

Santos' friends hurried to assistance him, but the influencer was rapidly swept distant by the water. 

Earlier successful the day, Santos, who was besides a musician, assured his followers that helium would springiness them 'something live' during his sojourn astatine the artificial lake.

According to Brazil's Public Security Secretariat, witnesses who were with Santos 'tried to prevention the young man, without success'.

Unable to assistance the influencer, the witnesses 'then called the Fire Department, which could not rescue the antheral alive'.

Civil constabulary stated that Santos was signaling contented for his societal media accounts erstwhile helium died.

Fruit lone fare ends successful death

Vegan, earthy nutrient influencer Zhanna Samsonova died past year from starvation and exhaustion aft living on an 'extreme' fare of exotic fruit.

Originally from Russia, Samsonova had been connected the earthy plant-based fare for 10 years that consisted of fruits, sunflower effect sprouts, effect smoothies and juices. 

There were besides periods erstwhile the 39-year-old would signifier 'dry fasting' - wherever she would garbage to devour oregon portion thing for days.

Samsonova, who hadn't drunk h2o for much than six years and alternatively replaced it with effect and rootlike juices, died connected July 21 successful Malaysia.

The influencer, who had implicit 10,000 Instagram followers and had been travelling crossed Asia for the past 17 years, reportedly died from a cholera-like corruption that was exacerbated by her utmost restrictive eating, her parent said. 

Samsonova moved from veganism to a purely earthy nutrient fare consisting of vegetables and fruit, with the influencer sharing what she described arsenic 'healthy' recipes connected her Instagram profile. 

She had claimed that her 10 years connected a earthy plant-based had meant she was 'in cleanable health' and 'never got the accustomed seasonal cold'.

But successful 2021, Samsonova travelled backmost to her autochthonal Russia for the archetypal clip successful 9 years but instantly fell sick with coronavirus.

Samsonova said she had 'ignored' each Covid precautions earlier becoming infected and bizarrely claimed she 'cured' herself of the microorganism by adust fasting - wherever she did not portion oregon devour thing for much than 10 days.

Her friends and household warned her against her utmost diet, but she refused to perceive and it yet proved fatal.

Diet of sunlight

A manner blogging begetter was jailed for 8 years successful April for causing the decease of his newborn lad by demanding helium should live connected sunlight alternatively of food and milk. 

Maxim Lyutyi, 44, and his spouse Oxana Mironova, 34, failed to decently provender their babe Cosmos, who tragically died from 'pneumonia and emaciation' erstwhile helium was little than 1 period old.

He took the babe distant from his parent for a time astatine a clip 'dousing him with acold h2o to harden him', reported Mash quality outlet astatine the time.

'The small assemblage could not withstand the abuse: exhaustion developed and breathing problems appeared. But adjacent successful this condition, the kid was not shown to doctors.'

Lyutyi caused 'intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm' to Cosmos by insisting the babe beryllium nourished chiefly connected sunlight, the tribunal successful Sochi heard.

He admitted his guilt successful a tribunal quality successful April aft antecedently trying to pin the blasted connected Mironova.

The dada had claimed she had an robust deficiency which caused the decease of the babe weighing three-and-a-half pounds.

The tribunal was told Lyutyi wanted to rise the newborn connected prana-eating - a fare successful which radical spell without nutrient and h2o for a agelong clip and 'feed connected the sun'.

He was accused of barring Mironova from breastfeeding the child, and was described arsenic a 'radical earthy nutrient fanatic'.

'He wanted to experimentation connected the child, provender him purely with the sun, and past advertise it to others that this is however you tin eat,' said 1 source.

Lyutyi had delivered his kid astatine home, refusing to fto Oxana spell to a maternity hospital.

They yet decided to instrumentality the emaciated kid to doctors, but aesculapian unit could bash thing to prevention the horrendously malnourished baby.

Waterfall plunge 

In July, a question influencer fell to her decease aft slipping astatine the apical of a waterfall portion shooting societal media content.

Aanvi Kamdar, 27, from Mumbai, tragically tumbled down a 300ft-tall gorge arsenic she filmed her picturesque surroundings astatine the Kumbhe Waterfall successful Manjurne, India.

The contented creator had been signaling an Instagram reel alongside six friends erstwhile she slipped and fell down the waterfall connected July 16 during the section monsoon season.

Emergency services were called instantly by her friends who witnessed the horrific accident.

First responders rushed to the country and began efforts to rescue Kamdar, with 1 rescuer reporting: 'As soon arsenic we reached the spot, we realised that the miss has fallen astir 300 to 350 feet.'

They added: 'Even aft reaching her, it was hard to get her up, arsenic she was injured and it was raining heavily. So we decided to get her retired utilizing a vertical pulley.'

Shantanu Kuveskar, a rescuer, said: 'She fell connected the hard, slippery spot of rocks astir 300 ft into the vale and couldn't beryllium spotted initially. Six rescuers climbed down the hill, portion different 50 assisted atop the hillock'. 

Kamdar was live and responsive erstwhile she was yet pulled from the gorge aft a six-hour rescue operation.

She was transported to a infirmary successful adjacent Mangaon connected ventilatory support, but tragically succumbed to her injuries soon aft admission

Ghost hunting ravine fall

A fittingness influencer died aft falling into a ravine portion helium filmed a video of him and his pals exploring an abandoned shade municipality successful Italy.

TikTok prima Giorgi 'Tzane' Janelidze, 23, tragically died successful Roghudi Vecchio, Calabria.

The contented creator's decease was confirmed by his person and chap influencer Chris Kogias, who had been with him connected the ill-fated trip.

The mishap took spot portion Janelidze and his 2 friends were shooting a video for the star's societal media.

The trio were exploring an past upland colony that had been abandoned successful the 1970s pursuing a terrible flood.

As the radical stood connected a balcony with nary railings, the tattooed influencer abruptly slipped and fell into a heavy and rocky ravine.

Fire brigade teams from the Melito Porto Salvo detachment and the SAF portion dashed to the country but it was excessively late.

Firefighters struggled to ascent the steep slope and were forced to telephone successful a chopper from the Lamezia Terme del Corpo formation section with a secured stretcher to retrieve the body, section media reported.

Janelidze's assemblage was transferred by aerial to the coastal municipality of Saline Joniche, and near successful the hands of the section authorities.

Further details connected wherefore the fittingness influencer - who boasted implicit 103,000 followers connected Instagram - risked stepping onto the unprotected balcony stay unknown.