Man who went viral for eating paint he thought was yoghurt dies aged 92 X\/Twitter: @alexsteinnnAn elderly man who became a viral sensation for eating paint he mistook for yogurt has died aged 92, and it\u2019s prompted an outpouring of love from the internet. Gaining internet fame in 2019, a grandad became a viral icon after his granddaughter posted an amusing video of him eating what he thought was yogurt, but actually turned out to be paint. This caused massive hilarity on the internet, and quickly saw the 92-year-old become a prominent online figure. Bobby eventually set up his own Instagram account, where he shared videos with fans about some of the amusing things that had happened to him. His Instagram bio reads, \u201cRetired psychiatrist, yogurt connoisseur, and your grandma\u2019s favorite meme.\u201d Bobby\u2019s granddaughter shared that he died in his sleep back in June. In her statement, she wrote: \u201cAnd though he\u2019s missed tremendously, he really did live a long, happy, healthy & fulfilling life as a doctor, musician, father, and grandfather. He loved nothing more than to make people laugh, so having the internet as his audience truly meant the world to him.\u201d \u201cHuge thanks to everyone who\u2019s supported Bobby boy over the years \u2014 I\u2019m confident you guys will keep his legend alive.\u201d Outpouring of comments from fans Many of Bobby\u2019s fans were extremely saddened to hear about his death, after following his internet journey for years. \u201cThis is the worst news I could\u2019ve possibly received today. My heart is with your family, and I hope there is peace in knowing he brought joy and laughter to so many people,\u201d one said. Some suspected that something was amiss after he\u2019d not posted for a while, commenting: \u201cI was thinking about Bobby just the other day wondering if he was alive.\u201d Many also reminisced about what Bobby\u2019s videos brought to their lives, and their memories of him: \u201cRIP Bobby the goat. Core memory of my teen years was watching the videos of him being posted, always making me laugh and smile.\u201d Another commented affectionately: \u201cIn loving memory of Grandpa, I have eaten a full pint of his favorite paint.\u201d It\u2019s certain that Bobby will be missed by the vast social media following he gathered over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man who went viral for eating paint he thought was yoghurt dies aged 92 X\/Twitter: @alexsteinnnAn elderly man who became a viral sensation for eating paint he mistook for yogurt has died aged 92, and it\u2019s prompted an outpouring of love from the internet. Gaining internet fame in 2019, a grandad became a viral icon […]<\/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-54926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54926","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=54926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}