TikTok star, Cooper Noriega, has tragically died aged just 19.
Just hours before his death, the social media influencer shared a heartbreaking final post.
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TikTok star, Cooper Noriega, has died aged 19.
Noriega was found dead in a mall parking lot just outside of Los Angeles on Thursday.
Noriega was huge on TikTok with 1.7 million followers.
He’d been making TikTok’s for three years, with comedy videos as well as short clips about fashion amongst other things.
He had also started a modelling career.
But while the future looked bright for Noriega, he had a history of addiction and other struggles.
Just last year, Noriega wrote about being sober for 90 days, saying:
“90 days clean!! its been hard but so much beauty during this process, its also crazy that 4 months ago i was at such a low point, I had a deadly overdose/suicide attempt on fent, when I stopped breathing and was rushed to the ER, luckily someone found me before it was to late.”
Shortly before his death, Noriega shared a chilling final post.
Shortly before his death, Noriega shared a photograph of himself lying in bed with a heartbreaking caption.
He captioned the post:
“Who else b thinking they gon die young af.”
The teenagers death is currently under investigation by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Rest in peace.
At the time of writing, Noriega’s cause of death has not been confirmed.
Our thoughts go out to his family and friends during this awful time.