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Social media influencer Ben Bader has died at the age of 25, his girlfriend Reem announced in a TikTok post. "Ben was the kindest, most caring, most generous person I have ever met in my entire life," she said in an emotional post on October 26. "He genuinely loved every single person that he met and he was so positive all the time." Bader, who was known for sharing lifestyle and financial advice across Instagram, TikTok and X, had a combined following of more than 200,000 people. He also ran a financial coaching course and published an email newsletter offering money management tips. Reem said that the cause of Bader's death remains unknown. "No one really knows and it seemed to have been extremely sudden," she said. "There were really no signs of this happening — we were supposed to get dinner that night and he seemed so normal. I had just talked to him on FaceTime a couple hours before he passed and he was so happy and so normal and he was just smiling and being so funny." Bader is believed to have posted his final video on Instagram and TikTok on 23 October, the day he died. In a post to her Instagram Stories following his death, Reem wrote: "I kept waiting for them to say he's awake. I kept waiting for this to be a bad dream. My worst fear came to life. I got the worst phone call of my life." Bader had celebrated his 25th birthday on 22 September, sharing photos on Instagram of himself dining with friends. Tributes have since poured in across social media from friends and fellow creators. "Thankful for every webinar, hoop sesh, Miami lunch, info jam sesh and Brickell Key walk," wrote financial influencer Miles, known online as "flip4miles". Creator Trina Nuance, who said she first met Bader on X, described him as a "talented writer". "The world's lucky to have your mind & soul immortalized across platforms. I'll never forget our heart to heart," she wrote on Instagram. "You're the best friend anyone could've ever asked for and I will forever thank God that I was lucky enough to be one of them," wrote his friend Jimmy Farley. "The boys and I will be honoring your name and looking out for the fam until the day we join you too my brother." Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from US News and around the World.
