Desmond Daniel Amofah (1990 - abt. 2019)

Born 12 May 1990 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Died about 19 Jun 2019 at about age 29 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Desmond Amofah is Notable.

Desmond Daniel Amofah , better known as Etika, was an American YouTuber and online streamer.

Amofah was born on May 12, 1990 in Brooklyn, New York, and was the son of Ghanaian politician Emmanuel Owuraku Amofah and his wife Sabrina. He had two siblings: an older brother, Randy, who died on October 31, 2010, and a younger brother.^[1] His grandmother passed away on November 16, 2007.^[2]

Originally active as a model,^[3] (and semi-active as one until 2015)^[4] Amofah was better known online by the name Etika after 2012, where he posted videos or live streamed reactions to various Nintendo products, games, and announcements. His original YouTube channel (which had amassed around 800,000 subscribers) and Twitch channel were both eventually closed, after violating terms of service.^{[5] [6]}

Toward the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019, Amofah began to show signs of mental instability, and tweeted in April of 2019 that he was going to kill himself, which led to his arrest and hospitalization, from which he was released.^[7] He was detained a few days later for another mental episode.^[8] After posting a video titled "I'm sorry" to his backup YouTube channel, TR1Iceman, he passed away after committing suicide by jumping from the Manhattan Bridge into the East River sometime between June 19 and June 22, 2019. He was found by the NYPD near Pier 16.^[9] Reactions poured in from online after the news was released, and a petition was created asking YouTube to restore his original channel to preserve his legacy.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Heavy.com - Etika’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
2. ↑ The Eternal Portal - Sophia Amofah
3. ↑ Genius.com - Etika
4. ↑ Model Mayhem - Desmond Amofah
5. ↑ YouTuber Etika Livestreams Himself Getting Detained By Police To 19,000 Viewers
6. ↑ Daily Dot - Etika tweets anti-Semitic, homophobic messages—then gets detained
7. ↑ Newsweek - WHAT HAPPENED TO ETIKA?
8. ↑ Daily Dot - Twitch star Etika says he wants to ‘purge all life’ in bonkers interview
9. ↑ CBS News - Missing YouTuber Desmond "Etika" Amofah found dead in New York
10. ↑ CNN - Fans petition YouTube to restore late vlogger Etika's account

See also:

• Wikipedia: Etika
• Wikidata: Item Q64825271, en:Wikipedia