‘Charlie’ dies, the ‘tiktoker’ with millions of followers who humorously shared his experience with cancer

Social networks were shaken yesterday by a new publication by Carlos Sarriá, known on the Internet as “Charlie”. On his Instagram and TikTok accounts, the news was announced that he had died from the cancer he suffered from. It was his loved ones who shared with the followers of the 20-year-old young man from Alicante the message that he had prepared: “Goodbye dogs, see you in the afterlife,” announced with his characteristic humor the description of the tiktok that he has already compiled over 26 million views. In 2018, when he was 16 years old, he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer common in children and adolescents and, after several relapses, last May they detected a tumor with metastases in the crown. Charlie defined himself as “A normal kid but with cancer” or as “The bald guy from TikTok”. This way of sharing his experience with the disease, with a tone of irony and humor, helped him get more than 3.7 million followers on TikTok and 900,000 on Instagram, which also allowed him to help “combat misinformation and hoaxes surrounding death”, as he himself commented in an interview with Yasss. For this reason, the publication that announced the news on his TikTok account has reflected his way of understanding life. The video begins with “Thank you for everything, you have made me very happy” and then a series of photos of Charlie are included along with the song A summer without you, by Bad Bunny, with phrases such as “No one was ready for a goodbye”. @charrliiieeee Goodbye dogs, see you in the afterlife. ♬ original sound – Charlieee Likewise, the young man from Alicante also wanted to include a message for all his followers: “I’m fine as I am. I have nothing to ask for. Even if I have what I have, I consider myself a happy person and grateful for what I have.” I’ve got”. However, Charlie has not missed the opportunity to make his audience laugh once again: he has added a series of videos where he could be seen enjoying himself with his friends and family and in which, in the background, the laughter that he provoked them. It has been this optimism and sense of humor that has helped him win the affection of some followers who, now, fill the networks with videos and messages of affection for his family, friends and his partner, Nerea, who has also wanted to say goodbye publicly of him: “Thank you for teaching me what love is, I hope others are lucky enough to have a fifth of what we had.”