YouTube star Keenan Cahill dies aged 27 YouTube: Keenan CahillYouTube star Keenan Cahill, known for his viral lip-sync videos, has passed away aged 27 following heart surgery complications. In a post on Keenan Cahill\u2019s official Facebook page, it was announced that YouTube star had passed away on December 29, aged 27. In a GoFundMe set up by the family, they explained that Keenan had open heart surgery 12 days prior, and although he was starting to recover, \u201ccomplications arose that he couldn\u2019t overcome.\u201d \u201cKeenan had Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, which is a progressive condition that causes many tissues and organs to enlarge, become inflamed or scarred, and eventually waste away,\u201d they explained. \u201cHe was first diagnosed at the age of 1. Because of his rare disease, he has had countless surgeries over his short life including a bone marrow transplant.\u201d Keenan rose to internet fame in the early 2010s, thanks to the lip-sync videos he uploaded to YouTube which went on to get millions of views. The viral star collaborated with a number of different celebrities, including Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, and many more. \u201cThank you to everyone that made Keenan\u2019s short life memorable,\u201d his family continued. \u201cHe will be missed by all who knew him.\u201d Keenan\u2019s social media has been flooded with messages of love from fans across the world. The post on Keenan\u2019s official Facebook page went on to say: \u201cKeenan is an inspiration and let\u2019s celebrate by remembering all the content he created, artists he collaborated with, music he produced and the love he had for everyone who supported him over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTube star Keenan Cahill dies aged 27 YouTube: Keenan CahillYouTube star Keenan Cahill, known for his viral lip-sync videos, has passed away aged 27 following heart surgery complications. In a post on Keenan Cahill\u2019s official Facebook page, it was announced that YouTube star had passed away on December 29, aged 27. In a GoFundMe set […]<\/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-65734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65734","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=65734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}