KingCobraJFS’s Dad Reportedly Confirmed Death in Deleted Video

The YouTuber KingCobraJFS, Josh Saunders, developed enough of a following online that there was even a documentary made about him. The documentary, which is available on YouTube, called him an eccentric “goth wizard” who had been posting on YouTube for more than a decade. He had more than 117,000 subscribers on YouTube.

KingCobraJFS’s dad posted a now-deleted video on social media on August 22 in which he confirmed his son had died and said his son was found unresponsive. The video is going viral on X, with tributes flowing for the YouTuber.

Complex has contacted the Casper, Wyoming, coroner and police for more details.

“I got on today to delete all of his social media… because ‘f*** you’ is how I’m feeling. But I realized that would not be fair to his fans, and it’s certainly nothing he would want,” his dad said in the video. “As you all know, Josh was harassed and bullied terribly his whole life. From the time he was 3, it was just nonstop. It was like he had a neon sign that said ‘Please pick on me.'”

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The video was widely shared online.

The cause of death was not released. He was found dead in Casper, Wyoming. The YouTuber’s real name was Joshua Saunders.

“My artist name is King Cobra I play and Compose my own music am fan of Metal and Rock and a little bit of grunge and punk and some Alternative,” his page says. “I also do vocal covers and share with you my thoughts on issues like political and or social or media I I am also a firm believer in the Paranormal such as ghosts and poltergeists and things that go bump in the night.”

“I went to Josh’s house yesterday to take him to the doctor, and when I got there, he was sleeping. I tried to wake him up, but he was not responsive. I realized that his lips were blue, and I tried to revive him, but he was already dead,” his dad, Clint, said in the viral video.