YOUTUBER DEAD
What was TotalBiscuit’s cause of death, what form of cancer did John Peter Bain have and who’s his wife Genna?
POPULAR YouTuber John Bain, known as TotalBiscuit , has died at the age of 33.
The PC computer game critic was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. Here’s what we know...
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Who was TotalBiscuit?
Vlogger John Bain ran a popular YouTube channel under the name of TotalBiscuit and had more than 2.2million subscribers.
He was born in Spennymoor, County Durham, but moved to the US after meeting Genna.
John became an online sensation for his no-nonsense reviews of new indie games with a "love him or hate him" personality.
His internet fame came after he was laid off from his job at a financial advisory company.
The new venture took off, and he was invited into other gaming networks and partnered with Sony Online Entertainment.
He was a top Steam game curator, the platform for buying new PC games, and he also hosted a gaming podcast.
TotalBiscuit won numerous awards, including Fan's Choice at The Game Awards in 2014, and won a 2012 Battle Royale, donating his winnings to charity.
He passed away on May 24, 2018, at the age of 33.
How did he die?
John was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014.
The disease went into remission, but returned and spread to his liver and spine.
In 2015, he announced his cancer was terminal, but continued working on his YouTube channel and The Co-Optional Podcast.
Earlier this month, he announced his retirement from games criticism, saying that chemotherapy was no longer working and his liver was failing.
He said he planned to continue streaming and video-making, but in the form of co-op gameplay with his wife in the hope that she would take over his channel when he was gone.
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Who is his wife Genna and what has she said about his death?
Genna left a heartbreaking poem in tribute to her tragic husband on Twitter.
She shared the poem Love Constant Beyond Death by Spanish poet Francisco Gomez de Quevedo.
She wrote: "I'm more overwhelmed with grief than I could possibly express."
The couple, from North Carolina, reportedly have one child.
Genna is also a popular vlogger and has more than 130,000 subscribers to her own channel.
She is the CEO of Cynical Brit and Axiom eSports, and runs her own professional Starcraft 2 team.
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