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YouTuber and Minecraft streamer Technoblade has died at the age of 23 after a year-long battle with cancer stage four.

The content creator from San Francisco who kept his identity a secret until revealing his name in the final video "Alex" gained fame after posting videos of himself playing Minecraft online in 2013. He then was able to acquire more than 10,000,000 subscribers.

He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in August. He spent the majority of the time away from the media receiving chemotherapy.

While it is not known what form of cancer Alex had however, he was able to raise funds for sarcoma charities and in December, Alex announced that he'd undergone surgery to remove a tumor on his arm.

In a video posted to Technoblade's YouTube channel on the day of the release with the title 'So long nerds', his father, whose name is unknown revealed the devastating announcement of his son's death with his many followers, while relaying a posthumous message of condolence from the famed YouTube star.

Calling his son 'the most amazing child', he also released an audio recording of his son who said"If I could have another hundred lives, I think I would like to be Technoblade each time because those were the most wonderful years of my life.'

YouTuber and Minecraft streamer Technoblade, 23, has passed away after a long battle with cancer, his family has revealed

Technoblade The gamer was very private and rarely shared details of his personal life mostly uploaded videos about the sandbox game Minecraft.

He had three younger sisters and an older brother named Chris as well as a dog named Floof which was in his farewell video alongside his father.

He also revealed that his parents divorced and he was in the same house as his father who runs an entertainment studio.

After graduating high school, the student took a gap-year prior to moving to Chicago to learn English.

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After quitting after a few days, he returned to San Francisco.

In one of his videos why he began the Tecnoblade channel to gain confidence and to gain 10 million subscribers.

He quickly amassed millions of followers and shared with them numerous clips of him playing Minecraft however, he has never revealed his identity or name to the fans.

However in August, he shared the shocking news of his cancer diagnosis in a YouTube video entitled 'Where I've been'. The video has since been watched 13 million times.

He told the story of being diagnosed with cancer following a suspicion that he had an injury to his arm.

The creator of the content (seen left) who had not revealed his face or name before his final video was uploaded, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last year.

He thought it was a strain injury from his playing habits, and took several days off before recognizing it wasn't going away.