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YouTube personality Ben Potter has died at the age of 40 after an 'unfortunate accident.'
His wife Natalie made this known on the X platform, where she mentioned her late spouse's 'loving and genuine' nature 'as a husband, son, brother, and friend.
The late content creator's spouse said that his YouTube 'channel was one of his greatest accomplishments' and she planned to keep it going in due time.
Potter, was best known as Comicstorian and had more than three million subscribers on the video-sharing platform.
She said: 'Two days ago, on June 8th, my husband, Ben Potter, passed away in an unfortunate accident, 'To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums.
'He was my world and I need time to be with friends and family,' Nathalie said. 'I have so many things I need to figure out but firstly, I need to grieve.
'While we all need our time to mourn him, I know he wouldn't want it to end like this,' she said. 'Ben spent over 10 years spreading his love and appreciation for his hobbies.
'It was through his love of exciting stories and well-written characters that got him started on YouTube.'
