Fans heartbroken after \u2018TikTok Grandad\u2019 Ronald Williams passes away Instagram: officialronaldwilliamsTikTokers are heartbroken after hearing about the passing of beloved \u2018TikTok Grandad\u201d Ronald Williams, who had amassed 9 million dedicated fans on the platform. Viewers became aware that he was ill in February when his Grandson Ryan posted an emotional video telling fans he wasn\u2019t \u201cdoing too good\u201d and asked for their thoughts and prayers. Sure enough, he appeared to be improving, with Ryan explaining that Ronald\u2019s spirits were high and that he might be able to come out of the ICU soon. He was soon cleared of a blood infection and began physical therapy, although was still suffering from other unknown complications. In the meantime, his grandson posted compilation videos of other popular TikTokers sending their well-wishes, and some even sent him gifts \u2013 Visual Assault Studios sent through an incredible portrait of Ronald himself. Who was Ronald Williams? Ronald, also known as Grandpa Lou Pickles, was from La Jolla, California, and became the star of the TikTok account @ronaldwillamsofficial which was run by his grandson Ryan. At 79, he became an internet sensation amassing more than 9 million followers and over 96 million likes across his videos. He was well known for his love of Jelly Fruits, Woody from Toy Story and he called his followers his \u2018grandkids.\u2019 What happened? Ronald arrived home from the hospital on March 15, but only days later on March 24, Ryan revealed that Ronald had sadly passed away, posting a tribute to his grandpa in the form of a video dedicated to their time together. In a TikTok following this, Ryan said \u201cMy grandpa meant so much to me, he taught me how to be myself, he broke my shyness. Nothing would bother this man, he was full of joy. His soul is the purest I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. He was my best friend. \u201cHe\u2019s the best grandpa I could ever ask for and he\u2019s in a better place where he\u2019s not in pain anymore. He loved every single one of you, he did call you his grandkids for a reason because he cared about you a lot. Not only you were happy to see him on these videos, it made him happy to see you happy. \u201d Read More: What happened to CallMeCarson? – Ronald\u2019s TikTok has been inundated with messages of love and support. Popular TikToker @donaldducc, who has 16 million followers, wrote \u201cRonald was like the old fashion Donald. He was kind given and amazing. He inspired me into duets. So I\u2019m truly thankful for him and you. RIP Ronald.\u201d Others also expressed their love with users commenting \u201che was my grandpa too,\u201d \u201che made my day better\u201d and \u201cI loved this man to death and every video I saw of him put a smile on my face.\u201d It\u2019s clear that TikTok\u2019s grandad will be sorely missed by millions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fans heartbroken after \u2018TikTok Grandad\u2019 Ronald Williams passes away Instagram: officialronaldwilliamsTikTokers are heartbroken after hearing about the passing of beloved \u2018TikTok Grandad\u201d Ronald Williams, who had amassed 9 million dedicated fans on the platform. Viewers became aware that he was ill in February when his Grandson Ryan posted an emotional video telling fans he wasn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}