A 32-year-old TikToker who uplifted millions of people with his hilarious Spanish-language videos died in his home in Mexico on Tuesday. Authorities in the Mexican state of Baja California have not commented on Aldo Miranda’s cause of death. The La Paz native gained a following of more than 10 million on TikTok through his reaction videos, in which he would show a series of internet memes (many of them dog-themed) and then cackle at their absurdity. On July 8, Miranda posted a message on his Instagram story which said “Thank you to everyone for everything” over a black background, leaving his fans confused and concerned. In a statement on Instagram, his management company wrote that “Sometimes internal battles are silent and we fail to see everything that someone has inside.” In the wake of his death, several media sources in Mexico initiated conversations about depression, which the World Health Organization reports is the leading cause of ill health and disability globally. Miranda’s followers mourned the content creator’s sudden passing online, with many returning to his most well-known TikTok videos from years past to express their condolences.
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