Tragic Details About Markiplier

For those that have been on the gaming side of YouTube for awhile, Markiplier should be a familiar name. The content creator has seen an insane amount of success through the years — so much so that his net worth may surprise you.

Between playing terrifying games for the internet to laugh at and seriously hurting himself playing a VR game, the star has had a pretty great career on the platform. He's even raised over $3,000,000 for charity through his channel. With around 30 million subscribers and over 16 billion views, it's impossible to ignore Markiplier's presence on YouTube.

There are plenty of facts fans may not know about Markiplier, but all in all, he's a pretty open and honest YouTuber. He's described a lot of his life from before his gaming career, and he's also kept fans updated as things have happened in the time he's been making content. However, Markiplier isn't immune to tragedy and has experienced his fair share of unfortunate circumstances throughout his life. 

To celebrate getting 1,000,000 subscribers, Markiplier did a "Draw My Life" video back in 2013. The star had a lot of good, and bad, things to say about his life growing up. One of the most heartbreaking moments in the video happened as Markiplier explained his father's death.

When Markiplier was in university, his dad passed away one summer. The two were pretty close, as Markiplier grew up living with his father, brother, and stepmother. Markiplier was with his dad as he passed, and he recalled his dad's last words to him: "I love you, so much." This had a massive impact on the streamer. Later in Markiplier's career, after speaking with "Doom Eternal" developers, the devs put an unexpected Easter Egg into the game to honor his late father. The Easter Egg references Markiplier's father in an in-game book that discusses his grand mustache, which Markiplier has shared before.

In the same "Draw My Life" video, Markiplier shared that his parents divorced when he was pretty young, and it impacted quite a few things for the creator. The YouTuber mentioned that his mother wasn't happy, which he and his brother didn't understand. He never explained exactly why his mother was unhappy, instead choosing to be a bit vague about the situation. However, it led to his parents getting a divorce and Markiplier, his brother, and his father struggling a bit afterward. This meant that Markiplier had to leave the school he attended. Luckily, when he moved, he ended up making some friends and joining the school band.

Markiplier also mentioned that the divorce led to him and his brother losing their video games, but the family computer stayed. This "sparked [his] love of computers and technology." Through an unfortunate and difficult experience for any kid, Markiplier found a place within the world of computer gaming.

Unfortunately, Markiplier has lost more than just his dad throughout his life. His niece, Miranda, died in a car accident in 2018, and it led to Markiplier taking a short break from streaming and YouTube in general. Markiplier was, understandably, very upset about the situation. After telling viewers that he was all right, he asked for love and support to reach Miranda's family.

A few days later, Markiplier returned to YouTube with Miranda's father. He explained that Miranda was one of his "earliest supporters," and that she would "brag about being related to [him]." Markiplier wanted to explain that he was related to her through marriage and not blood, and that family is whoever you make it. Miranda's father came on camera to thank viewers and also to reach out to the people who commented about losing loved ones as well.

In his "Draw My Life" video, Markiplier mentioned that his life somewhat fell apart after his father died. He had moved in with his mom after his father's death, and he was still very confused about what to do with his life. At the time, his mother did not approve of who Markiplier was dating. This, along with other things Markiplier didn't go into detail about, led to his mother kicking him out. Luckily, Markiplier was able to get a place to live pretty easily.

Quickly after Markiplier found his own place, he lost his job. Then, he and his girlfriend broke up. After what seems like life knocking Markiplier down over and over again, the YouTuber ended up in the hospital in severe pain and had to have his appendix taken out, as well as a tumor. While this all sounds completely tragic, it did lead Markiplier to deciding to make his life his own again and be happy. To do this, he bought a camera, and the rest is YouTube history.

Fans were beyond thrilled when Markiplier dropped the first teaser trailer for his horror movie "Iron Lung" in April 2023. The movie is based on the 2022 horror game from developer David Szymanksi, which tasks players with piloting a miniature submarine through a sea of blood on an alien world. Markiplier has poured his own blood, sweat, and tears into making the movie, and we mean that literally. The production actually sent him to the hospital in late 2023.

You'll never guess what I got for my birthday. pic.twitter.com/xqpej4xo1m

— Mark (@markiplier) June 29, 2023

Markipier's fans were surprised when he posted a photo of himself in the hospital with blood red eyes. The image looks like it's been photoshopped, but it's 100% real. After Markiplier recovered from his injury, he uploaded a video explaining that he had a bad reaction to fully submerging himself in the fake blood used on the set of the movie. "It turns out sometimes if you go too deep into the blood, this will happen," Markiplier said. "You've got to go to the doctor to make sure your eyes aren't melting out of your face." Luckily he managed to recover quickly, and all the red eye memes that people created from his initial picture got to serve as a little extra publicity for "Iron Lung."

Every celebrity has had to deal with nasty rumors at some point in their career, but there's a particular rumor about Markiplier that seems to show up at least once a year. The internet has made claims about Markiplier's untimely death so frequently that his fans don't even bat an eye when someone shows up on Reddit to ask if he's still on this mortal plain.

"Oh, damn. He's dead again? And right before the holidays, too. If he doesn't respawn soon he's gonna miss out on presents," came one response to Markiplier's apparent demise. It doesn't help that, as such a big player of horror games, gloom and doom has become a part of Markiplier's brand. People have seen him die in-game so much that it's become a bit of a joke to them, especially if they're in the "Five Nights at Freddy's" community. "FNAF" fans have written songs about Markiplier's death and even created elaborate memorial videos to pay "tribute" to the idea that his research into Freddy's past doomed him. It's all part of the fun, but it has led to some chaos and confusion for uninformed Markiplier fans.

At 3:33 Am, Celebrity Markiplier, was sadly pronounced dead. Mark "Markiplier" Montage died in his sleep, while the cause of death is still unknown, suspicion lies on his recent obsession in digging into the past of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
Art by @SammyDrawss #FNF #OurpleGuy pic.twitter.com/T7JdghaiAL

— SayoNara (@NaraGuy555) May 29, 2024

It's possible that Markiplier would be less susceptible to death hoaxes if he spent less time in the hospital. We've already talked about how his work on "Iron Lung" put him in a tough spot, but honestly, his hospital bed was probably starting to feel a bit like a second home by that point. Markiplier is a bit of a frequent flyer at the hospital, and that's such a well-known fact online that there's even an entire Twitter account dedicated to tracking the time between Markiplier's hospitalizations.

Markiplier isn't necessarily accident prone, but he does have some pretty terrible luck. He has ongoing intestinal problems that sometimes cause bowel obstructions so severe they require surgery to fix. That's what happened back in 2015, when a bleary-eyed Markiplier explained the whole situation in a video message to his fans. Markiplier had just gotten out of surgery when that video was filmed, but Markiplier's been in and out of the hospital so much since then that even he treats it like a bit of a joke. In the description of another video message for his fans, he quipped, "It's the Annual Markiplier Hospital Update." Thankfully for Markiplier and his fans, his issues are treatable — but the real tragedy is that if it's already happened this many times, it's probably going to happen again.

One of the biggest tragedies of Markiplier's life occurred fairly early into his YouTube career. In 2013, Markiplier collaborated with Cyndago, a YouTube channel run by two friends, Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre. The duo reached out to Markiplier to ask him to narrate a video called "Danger in Fiction," which kicked off a fruitful partnership.

When Kyre died after attempting suicide in late 2015, it wasn't the first time that the YouTube community was shocked by a sudden death. However, it was the first time an incident like that hit so close to home for Markiplier. In a lengthy Facebook post made shortly after Kyre's death, Markiplier talked about how much working with Kyrae and Magee meant to him. He also opened up about his feelings surrounding Kyre's death, saying, "I know everyone will say that we can't blame ourselves for this loss, but that doesn't stop the lingering thoughts in the back of our minds from creeping in."

Knowing that his fans were worried about him in the aftermath, Markiplier posted a YouTube video in October 2015 to give everyone an update. The update came shortly after a memorial concert for Kyre, which had a profound effect on Markiplier. "I am okay," he said in the video of the same name. "I've accepted the reality of the situation ... [and] I've accepted that and I am okay and I am able to move forward." He said he wanted to continue making entertaining videos, just as he had for years with Kyre's help. All this time later, we can definitely say he's lived up to that goal.

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You might imagine that Markiplier was set for life as soon as he gained YouTube fame and fortune, with all of his problems completely solved. However, it turns out that success can bring about its own complications. In a video titled "I Feel Lost," Markiplier explained that when he was an up-and-coming YouTuber, he felt like he could more easily handle the stress that comes with content creation and rely on his fans for support. Markiplier said, "It was an underdog story at that point. I miss it. I really miss that." Markiplier said that he found himself constantly struggling with the idea that he might not deserve all his fame. Now that he'd made it, he worried he was no longer the underdog that fans could root for and support in the way they once had.

Despite Markiplier's worries about getting too real with his fans, that video actually garnered a ton of positive responses. The very next day, he responded to all the love he'd received from his fans in yet another video. He explained how all that support helped him deal with his imposter syndrome, saying, "I'm discovering new things about myself every day, and I'm growing as a person, and I'm learning new things. And as you guys are watching, you're growing, too."