Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. 3-year-old boy shoots and kills his 5-year-old cousin during Thanksgiving in Georgia.Video: Arizona man is beaten by police and stabs himself in the neck.Kanye West dedicates his traditional Sunday sermon to the late designer Virgil Abloh.On the Facebook fanpage of “apetor” (Tor Eckhoff) hundreds of followers have given warm messages to the youtuber. Despite all the attempts to save his life, he died on Saturday after the doctors turned off all the machines that kept his body running. Some time after, divers rescued Eckhoff from the freezing water and took him to the hospital. However, later, an eyewitness heard the screams of the youtuber and notified the emergency services. Tor Eckhoff.Įckhoff wrote on his Facebook “apetor” page that he was traveling to film himself ice skating for a video. All this with a peculiar sense of humor that won him the sympathy of Internet users.Įckhoff’s latest video, uploaded on November 22, is titled “I’m not dead, I’m 57 today.” For the last 5 years, since he was 53, the youtuber uploaded a video on his birthday with a similar title celebrating his age. “Apetor” recorded numerous videos where he also appeared diving into icy water, wandering barefoot through remote areas of the Nordic country in the middle of winter and sipping alcoholic beverages. (Photo: YouTube)Įckhoff had more than 1.2 million subscribers and 389 million views on YouTube, where he documented his various trips to different parts of Norway, often skating on frozen lakes and showing clips of wildlife and scenic views. Norwegian youtuber “apetor”, Tor Eckhoff. The 57-year-old man died Saturday after walking on ice and falling into the water at Jakobs Dam near the city of Kongsberg on Friday, according to the Norwegian outlet Verdans Gang. The Norwegian youtuber known as “apetor”, whose real name is Tor Eckhoff, died after falling into a frozen lake while on a trip to film a video, according to local reports and a Facebook post from his romantic partner.

Norwegian youtuber Tor Eckhoff died after falling into a frozen lake in Norway – Photo: Tor Eckhoff / YouTube / Courtesy

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