Corey La Barrie

Background

Corey La Barrie, a popular YouTuber, was known by many for his entertaining YouTube vlogs. He often had posts featuring his friends, family, and fellow popular YouTubers. Born on May 10, 1995, in Australia, La Barrie had a brother and a sister. With his dad being a professional footballer and his grandfather a professional cricketer, La Barrie engaged in sports such as football, tennis, and basketball as a child, and was good at them too.

La Barrie’s idea to start his own YouTube channel was inspired by his impressive following. He was inspired by the engagement from his Instagram and Twitter accounts when he started posting regular videos on them. In January 2014, he launched his YouTube channel. He only posted his first video in 2016 featuring Kian Lawley called the “Egg Roulette.” The more videos he posted, the more recognition he got. He started collaborating with popular YouTubers such as Crawford Collins, Bobby Marei, Kian Lawley, and JR Munoz. These collaborations contributed to his rise in popularity as a YouTuber. Growing up, La Barrie had dreams of becoming a Hollywood actor and practiced his acting skills often. In 2019, he made his first television appearance on “The Reality House,” a popular reality show with Collins. In the same year, La Barrie and Collins started their own YouTube channel called “Corey and Crawford,” which currently has 197,000 subscribers and over 10 million views.

On May 9, 2020, neither La Barrie nor his friends, family, and followers thought that they’d see his last YouTube video posted the day before his birthday. On this day, the popular YouTuber posted a video called “Deleting This Video in 24 Hours…,” announcing that he would be live-streaming on a platform called “Twitch” with some of his friends to celebrate his birthday. On the night of his birthday, La Barrie and his friend, Daniel Silva, were involved in a tragic car accident in Silva’s sports car, resulting in La Barrie’s death and Silva’s injured hip. Silva, who had been drunk at the time of the accident, was charged with the murder of his friend. La Barrie’s subscribers and followers dramatically increased after his death as many followers expressed their condolences under his last video and across all social media platforms.