Fitness YouTuber Park Seung-hyun with 830,000 subscribers dies at 34

Park Seung-hyun as seen in a video uploaded every week in the past / Captured from his YouTube channel

Park Seung-hyun, a preferred health YouTuber with 830,000 subscribers who gained recognition for exposing steroid abuse within the bodybuilding trade, handed away on Sunday on the age of 34.

Park’s older brother disclosed the information on social media. “At 3:51 p.m. on Jan. 5, my youthful brother Seung-hyun handed away because of well being causes,” he wrote. “Our mother and father are deeply heartbroken, so we is not going to be receiving guests on the memorial corridor. Please pray for his peaceable relaxation in your hearts.”

A photograph of Park’s memorial portrait was shared within the submit, although no further particulars have been offered.

Park, a former bodybuilder, remained energetic on his YouTube channel, together with his remaining health video, uploaded simply six days earlier than his passing, garnering 760,000 views.

Park turned a outstanding determine in 2019 when he publicly confessed to his misuse of steroids and uncovered its widespread abuse inside the bodybuilding and health trade. By means of his revelations, he sparked a motion aimed to lift consciousness of the risks of unlawful drug use in sports activities.

He voluntarily reported his personal violations of pharmaceutical legal guidelines to authorities, later revealing that he acquired a suspended indictment in November 2019.

Park not too long ago confessed that he struggled with melancholy, which he brazenly mentioned together with his followers.

In a video posted three months earlier than his passing, he mentioned, “I’ve been battling melancholy and receiving psychiatric remedy. Monetary difficulties have arisen as a result of I haven’t been in a position to proceed my YouTube actions.” He added, “I really feel lonely regardless that I shouldn’t. I’ll discover my manner again to myself and return sometime.”

The sudden information has led to an outpouring of condolences from followers and colleagues.

This text from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.