KingCobraJFS’s father went to go do a wellness check on his son when he found him dead in his apartment, unable to be resuscitated. He posted a video on KingCobra’s YouTube channel that was later deleted confirming the death of the content creator.
KingCobra‘s YouTube following was a lot bigger than his 116k YouTube subscriber count would have you believe. The lore around this YouTuber goes far beyond the scope of just his channel, as his escapades over the years earned him a level of notoriety that had people studying his life and making full-length documentaries about it.
He would also livestream, often very drunk, and talk back and forth with his viewers. Some people were there to hate on him, while others were there to genuinely support Josh.
After a few days of silence, KingCobraJFS’s father uploaded and promptly deleted a video from his channel speaking about the death of his son.
KingCobraJFS found unresponsive by his father
Rumors of Josh’s death began circulating in the hours before the video was uploaded, with his father going live to put a stop to them and say what really happened.
His father confirmed his death. He had planned to take Josh to the doctor and check on his health, but he was found unresponsive.
And, while doctors believe KingCobra died in his sleep rather than it being an attempt at his own life, Josh’s father was still very emotional when recounting how his son was treated on the internet and otherwise.
“I got on today to delete all of his social media… because ‘f**k you’ is how I’m feeling. But I realized that would not be fair to his fans, and it’s certainly nothing he would want. As you all know, Josh was harassed and bullied terribly his whole life. From the time he was 3, it was just nonstop. It was like he had a neon sign that said ‘Please pick on me’.
“For some reason, so many people on this earth felt that picking on him was ok. That, just because it’s him, that it made it alright. That he didn’t matter. But he did matter.”
Though an autopsy has yet to be conducted, doctors believe it was organ failure, perhaps his liver or appendix. Josh began drinking more than usual after his friend Aaron took his own life earlier this year and was hit hard by Ozzy Osbourne’s passing.
KingCobra uploaded a video just before his death saying that he was up all night and extremely ill. This video linked with a local report about a man being found unresponsive is where the rumors spawned from originally, and it’s why his father made a video addressing them.
Though he was a divisive content creator, he’s had an outpouring of support from real fans that have stuck around for years who are sad to see him gone.
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