TikTok fans pay respects after \u2018Uncle Steve\u2019 passes away TikTok: UncleSteveTokTikTok fans from all over the world are paying their respects after it was announced that beloved influencer \u2018Uncle Steve\u2019 passed away from an unknown illness. Alongside the viral trends and other aspects of TikTok, there\u2019s one thing that seems to hit fans unexpectedly: Death. While creators preach that fans shouldn\u2019t create parasocial relationships, it\u2019s not uncommon for viewers to be hurt after the loss of one of their favorite creators. With over 222k followers on the short-form video app, \u2018UncleSteveTok\u2019 gained the love of many from all areas of the world with his love for pizza and flavored water in his favorite water cup\u2026 And, he showed many people how to live as an adult with Down Syndrome. Unfortunately, the TikToker succumbed to an unknown illness on June 7, 2022, and fans are paying respects to their favorite creator. (Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load) Uncle Steve TikTok passes away In late May, Uncle Steve\u2019s niece revealed that the popular TikToker had fallen ill and would be taking some time away from creating videos. Unfortunately, just a week later, Steve\u2019s brother-in-law Mike revealed that he succumbed to the illness and passed away on June 7. Mike said: \u201cI am unfortunately reporting that Steve passed this morning, peacefully. We want to thank everyone. Steve loved the TikTok, it\u2019s something that he did every day for several hours. We appreciate what everybody has done and contributed\u2026 \u201cHe was in a lot of pain, like they say he\u2019s in a better place. We\u2019re struggling, but we know he\u2019s well.\u201d (Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load) Fans quickly took to the comments to pay their respects to the creator. One user said: \u201cCrying while holding my 6mo son with Down Syndrome. We loved his videos and showed us a glimpse of what our son\u2019s future could look like.\u201d While another user said: \u201cI just know Steve\u2019s eating pizza and drinking bottomless margaritas on the beach with mikes toothbrush in hand! Rest in paradise uncle!\u201d With almost 21,000 comments on the video since it was uploaded, it\u2019s clear that Uncle Steve was loved by many, many people. We send our condolences to Uncle Steves\u2019s family and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok fans pay respects after \u2018Uncle Steve\u2019 passes away TikTok: UncleSteveTokTikTok fans from all over the world are paying their respects after it was announced that beloved influencer \u2018Uncle Steve\u2019 passed away from an unknown illness. Alongside the viral trends and other aspects of TikTok, there\u2019s one thing that seems to hit fans unexpectedly: Death. […]<\/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-60551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60551","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=60551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}