YouTube star Caleb Logan Bratayley dead at 13

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) — Popular teenage YouTube star Caleb Logan Bratayley has reportedly died of natural causes, the family confirms. He was 13 years old.

According to various Bratayley social media handles, the athletic big brother to sisters Annie, 10, and Hayley, 7, died suddenly the evening of Oct. 1. His family announced their son’s passing the following day on Instagram and posted Caleb’s final video — taped a day before his death — over the weekend on YouTube.

“Yesterday at 7:08 p.m. Caleb Logan Bratayley passed away of natural causes,” the family’s Instagram post — published Oct. 2 — read. “This has come as a shock to all of us. Words cannot describe how much we will miss him. His incredibly funny, loving and wonderful spirit made us all fall in love with him as a YouTuber, friend, brother and son.”

The family asked for fans’ patience as they mourn the loss of their pre-adolescent family member, who was nick-named “baked potato.” However, due to ambiguity surrounding Bratayley’s unexpected passing, fans have begun speculating what “natural cause” could kill a seemingly healthy teen so quickly.

The possibility that the death is a hoax is unlikely since the family’s representatives at Walt Disney-run digital media company, Maker Studios, also posted a message expressing their sadness over the boy’s death.

“We are heartbroken at the tragic loss of Caleb from Bratayley, a beloved member of the Maker family,” the company wrote. “Our love, support, thoughts, and prayers are with the Bratayley family.”

A final video recorded by the late Bratayley a day before he died was uploaded to the family’s YouTube channel Saturday. In it, he posed the question, “What question would you ask your future self?” to which he replied after a long pause, “Is Taco Bell still around?”

The Bratayley’s uploaded a second video montage of Caleb’s most memorable moments from his family’s daily vlog titled “Caleb, Gone But Never Forgotten.”