- Follows death of another influencer who crashed a motorbike in Brazil last month
- Gideone Felix shared content of him with his beloved dogs across social media
A popular Brazilian influencer plummeted to his death after falling off a cliff while riding his motorcycle with his wife, local reports claim.
Gideone Félix, 40, reportedly lost control of his bike after cornering too quickly on a motorway in Bahia State, Brazil, sending him flying over a ledge.
The popular figure, with 1 million adoring followers on TikTok, is believed to have been pronounced dead at the scene on November 18, having suffered severe head trauma.
His wife, who has not been named, was taken to a hospital in the municipality of Eunápolis and is in a stable condition according to G1.
Felix, who became popular sharing content with his prized pit-bulls on social media, received many heartfelt tributes following the news of his death in Brazil.
Felix was reportedly travelling on the BR-101 highway near the municipality of Itapebi when he crashed on Saturday.
His wife, travelling with him, was not named by authorities. The Technical Police Department (DPT) confirmed the incident to local media.
Pictures shared in local media appeared to show a blue motorcycle lying in the grass after the accident.
Devastated by his tragic death, Felix’s Instagram followers did not hold back from sharing their condolences on his profile.
Instagram user ‘erikalugooliveira’ said: ‘Unbelievable!! God comfort everyone and the beloved dogs!’
User ‘ivanabatistadacosta’ added: ‘I found out yesterday about the owner’s passing… At the time I thought about the pets.
‘May God comfort his family, friends, and us, his followers, who were mesmerised by this beautiful family.’
‘I hope the babies aren’t abandoned,’ another woman wrote of his beloved dogs, as reported by Globo.
Some 193,000 people followed Felix on photo-sharing app Instagram, along with more than 300,000 on YouTube and one million on TikTok.
Felix shot to fame sharing videos of his dogs, Big, Rico, Paçoca and Pipoca in the country of 214million.
With his channels, he often shared content debunking myths the breeds were naturally violent.
Only on Friday he shared a clip of another popular influencer’s American XL Bully, writing: ‘Guys, look at this beautiful thing. From our friend @hannah__americanbully.’
In October, another popular social media influencer died after a motorbike crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Alana Paiva, 21, died from her injuries in hospital after a minibus driver allegedly smashed into her and her boyfriend and failed to stop.
Local reports claimed that Ms Paiva was on the back of her boyfriend’s bike at the time of the crash, which was said to have occurred on October 12.
She was taken to hospital and put in an induced coma before she reportedly passed away ten days later.
The minibus allegedly made an illegal turn at a junction, smashing into the pair head-on, causing the handlebars of the bike to come off.
Ms Paiva’s boyfriend Uilblim, 43, was apparently lucid and able to talk to emergency services after the bus driver reportedly fled the scene.
Tragically, he is also said to have died just hours after the horror crash in hospital. He is survived by an eight-year-old daughter.
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