Authorities suspected the man was trying to record a video when the fall took place.Įckhoff's friend, Tove Skjerven, wrote a lengthy Facebook post following the man's death.

Though the man was rushed to a hospital, he died the next day, Ladbible said in a report.Īccording to cops, witnesses alerted them after hearing Eckhoff's pleas for help. He fell into the water as he was walking over ice at Jakobs Dam outside Kongsberg Friday, reported Insider. However, Eckhoff met his demise only a few days after he uploaded the celebratory video on his channel, which has 1.2 million subscribers. The scenes that followed showed him drinking more alcohol, marching and running around the woods and doing several other things like licking an electric post and parts of an old car, chopping woods with '57' written on them and bathing in his icy outdoor bathtub. He also kissed a tree and tried drinking some more with a plastic bag over his head. He drank some vodka straight from the bottle before getting dressed and drinking another type of liquor. The number 57 was scribbled on his forehead. In the clip, the YouTuber could be seen in an outdoor bathtub filled with dark-colored liquid. 22 with the caption, 'I Am Not Dead, I Am 57 Today.' Apparently, it was his tradition to upload one such video each time he would celebrate his birthday. Tor Eckhoff, better known by his YouTube username Apetor, uploaded a video on the platform on Nov. A Norwegian YouTuber who told his fans he was very much alive in a video he posted on his 57th birthday has tragically died a few days after he published the same.

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