This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The divers arrived at the scene and managed to get the 57-year-old youtuber out of the icy water and take him to the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo by air ambulance in the end, the doctors could not save his life. “Apetor” was famous for posting videos of him drinking vodka, walking and playing on ice, plunging into frozen lakes and taking frozen baths.Īccording to local police, Tor was alone when he fell through the ice while filming his last video, however, her screams were heard by a witness who called emergency services. Four days earlier, on November 22, Tor posted a video titled “I’m not dead, I’m 57 today.” It turned out to be his last post, which has been viewed just over 870,000 times. Police confirmed that Eckhoff drowned in the lake while filming a new video for his popular YouTube channel. The accident that took his life took place on November 26 at the lake Jakobs Dam, near the town of Kongsberg in the Norwegian county of Viken, according to the Daily Mirror. The news comes less than a week after the youtuber published a video for his 1.2 million followers from a freezing bath, assuring: “I’m not dead.”

The Norwegian influencer Tor eckhoff, better known as “Apetor”, drowned in a frozen lake while filming a new video for his channel Youtube.

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