TikTok star John Crawley, who went by the moniker KingBeardX, died at the age of 47, his friend and former podcast co-host Anthony Caruso announced on a GoFundMe page initially launched to support his ICU recovery.
Crawley's obituary on Glenfield Funeral Home's website confirms that he died on August 18.
"I'm really sorry to tell everyone the bad news but Pimpmunkx (KingBeardx) passed away yesterday, Caruso wrote in an update shared on Tuesday (August 19). "Thank you to everyone that has supported the fundraiser so far.
"His mother says told me to thank you all. The fundraiser will continue to go on to support fundraising a funeral/helping John's mother."
Crawley, who had more than 3.5 million followers across his TikTok and Instagram accounts, was hospitalized in Tupelo, Mississippi, earlier this month due to breathing issues. The TikToker's condition was described as being "quite unstable" before being placed in the ICU, according to the GoFundMe age.
Caruso said Crawley's family asked him to launch the GoFundMe in order to help pay for medical bills as he didn't have health insurance.
“John is the main breadwinner for his family, and unfortunately, he doesn’t have medical insurance,” Caruso wrote in an update shared about two weeks prior to his death. “His condition is quite unstable, and we’re all worried about him.”