- Tor Eckhoff is a YouTuber. “apetor,”His reported partner claimed that he died after falling into an icy water lake.
- Eckhoff had more than 1.2 million YouTube subscribers, where he documented many of his travels.
- Eckhoff was seen last time walking in the wild, kissing trees, and drinking alcohol.
Norwegian YouTuber, known as “apetor,”According to local reports, Tor Eckhoff (real name: Tor Eckhoff) died in an icy water lake after he fell while filming a video.
After he fell into the Jakobs Dam water near Kongsberg on Friday night, the 57-year old died Saturday. According to Verdans Gang, a Norwegian outlet.
Eckhoff had more that 1.2 million subscribers. His YouTube channel saw 389 million visits. Eckhoff documented his many travels in Norway. often skating on frozen lakesYou can also see clips of wildlife or scenic vistas.
Eckhoff’s last videoThe following image, which was uploaded on November 22, has the title “I am Not Dead, I am 57 Today,” written in English. The YouTuber has uploaded videos on his birthday for the past 5 years, since he was 53.
Verdens Gang reported Eckhoff’s relationship with Tove Skjerven. A Facebook post on the “apetor”Sunday Facebook PageEckhoff was on a trip in order to capture himself ice skating in a video.
Skjerven posted in English that Eckhoff had been saved by divers, and was taken to the hospital. After doctors failed to save his life on Saturday, Skjerven died. “turned off all the machines that had kept your body going,”Skjerven wrote.
A series of tweetsTranslated from NorwegianIt appeared that Eckhoff was the one who said it., Norway’s South-East Police District wrote on Saturday that firefighters had rescued a man in his 50s in Kongsberg who had fallen through the ice into the water and that a rescue helicopter was bringing the person to the Ullevål hospital.
South-East Police District didn’t respond to a request.
On his YouTube channel “About”Eckhoff stated that he was born 1964 and grew up in Sandefjord. He also worked as a painter. Eckhoff wrote that he had reached his first 200,000 subscribers on August 2018, and then hit 1,000,000 followers last December. According to the page the channel was created in Oct 2006, just one year after the platform was launched in 2005.
Eckhoff, who has received over 1,000,000 videos and 57,000 likes on YouTube, cheerily drank alcohol while walking around outside, kissing trees, and lying in a tub filled with murky water. Many people are grieving him and posting their thoughts in the comments. They say they are thinking back to all the times they spent watching his videos, and wishing they could have met him. “rest in peace.”
Instagram was very popular with Eckhoff.There he shared photographs of his travels and had 66,000 fans.
Skjerven didn’t respond to a request for comments.