

Graduated and commissioned Ensign on 2 June 1927, he subsequently advanced to the rank of Captain, his date or rank 20 March 1945. He attended Peru (Indiana) High School and the USNA Preparatory School, Annapolis, Maryland, prior to entering the US Naval Academy, in 1923. Skjerven did not respond to a request for comment.Blinn Van Mater was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 16 October 1904, son of George G. The comments are flooded with people mourning him, saying they're reminiscing on all the time they spent watching his videos and wishing he "rest in peace."Įckhoff was also popular on Instagram, where he had 66,000 followers and shared snapshots of his travels. In his last video, which has garnered over 1 million videos and 57,000 likes, Eckhoff cheerily drank alcohol and walked around outside kissing a tree and laying in a tub of murky water. According to the page, the channel was created in October 2006, only a year after the platform launched in 2005. He wrote on the page that he reached his first 200,000 subscribers in August 2018 and hit 1 million followers last December. In his YouTube channel's "About" section, Eckhoff wrote that he was born in 1964, lived in the coastal city of Sandefjord, and worked in a paint factory. The South-East Police District did not respond to a request for comment. The 57-year-old died on Saturday after he walked over ice and fell into the water at Jakobs Dam near the town of Kongsberg on Friday, according to the Norwegian outlet Verdans Gang.Įckhoff had over 1.2 million subscribers and 389 million views on YouTube, where he documented his various travels to different parts of Norway, often skating on frozen lakes and showing clips of wildlife and scenic vistas. The Norwegian YouTuber known as "apetor," whose real name is Tor Eckhoff, died after he fell into an icy lake while on a trip to film a video, according to local reports and a Facebook post from his reported partner. The YouTuber Tor Eckhoff, or "apetor," died after falling in an icy lake, his reported partner said.Įckhoff had over 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube, where he documented his many travels.Įckhoff's last video showed him walking around the wilderness, kissing a tree and drinking alcohol. The Norwegian adventure YouTuber apetor, real name Tor Eckhoff, died after falling into cold water while on a trip to film a video, according to his reported living partner.
