Fans saddened by the passing of YouTube sensation Keenan Cahill
Fans of YouTube sensation Keenan Cahill were saddened by the news of his passing on Thursday, December 29, 2022. The viral content creator notified fans that he would undergo open-heart surgery on December 15, 2022. He experienced complications from the surgery and was placed on life support, passing away two weeks later at 27.
Cahill rose to mainstream fame with videos of himself lip-synching to hit songs, catching the attention of some of the original artists. Some of the biggest music acts appeared on his channel to collaborate with him, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Katy Perry.
Keenan Cahill began posting videos on YouTube in 2009 at the age of 14. His content originally consisted of him doing covers and lip-synchs of popular songs. His first upload was a video of himself singing When You Look Me In The Eyes by the Jonas Brothers.
Cahill's videos were some of the first viral hits on YouTube, as the video streaming service was still in its beginning stages in the early 2010s. The popularity of his lip-synching videos caught the attention of rapper 50 Cent, who made an appearance on his channel for a lip-synch of his song Down on Me featuring Jeremih.
Keenan Cahill quickly shot to mainstream fame following the success of his videos, making numerous public appearances and more collaborative videos with celebrities. He made a Teenage Dream lip-synch video with Katy Perry during her California Dreams Tour, a callback to one of the first lip-synch videos he ever recorded.
Other notable celebrities and artists who have appeared on his channel include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Flo Rida, Jennifer Aniston, Maroon 5, and Big Time Rush.
Cahill was diagnosed with Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome when he was only a year old, a
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