John Crawley, the 47-year-old TikTok comedian known as KingBeardX, had over 3.5 million followers on TikTok and Instagram

Crawley had been admitted to an intensive care unit in Mississippi earlier in August after having trouble breathing, a friend said.

The TikTok content creator known as "KingBeardX,' whose tight-angle shots and over-the-top humor earned him 2.5 million followers, died this week in Mississippi, friends and neighbors said