From falling victim to some of horror gaming's most hilarious jumpscares to sharing stories about his personal life with his adoring fans, golden-voiced content creator Markiplier — real name Mark Edward Fischbach — is a man of many hats. Thanks in part to his quirky sense of humor and rich, unmistakable voice, the ever-popular Let's Play YouTuber carved out an internet niche for himself by playing (and reacting to) a variety of video games, many of which fall firmly in the horror genre. And while creepy, crawly video games can be full of terror and misery, Markiplier is also no stranger to the woes of real life. From his parents' nasty divorce — which cast a shadow over his childhood — to nearly insurmountable career struggles, Markpilier has been through a lot. In fact, we'd go as far as saying that the tragedy of Markiplier is heartbreaking.
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00:00There are plenty of facts fans may not know about Markiplier, but all in all, he's a pretty
00:05open and honest YouTuber, even when it comes to tragedy.
00:09The content creator has experienced his fair share of unfortunate circumstances throughout
00:13his life.
00:14To celebrate getting 1 million subscribers, Markiplier did a Draw My Life video back in
00:192013.
00:20The star had a lot of good and bad things to say about his life growing up.
00:25One of the most heartbreaking moments in the video happened as Markiplier explained his
00:28father's death.
00:29When Markiplier was in university, his dad passed away one summer.
00:33The two were pretty close, as Markiplier grew up living with his father, brother, and stepmother.
00:39Markiplier was with his dad as he passed, and his father's last words were heartbreaking.
00:43One morning, we were all woken up by my stepmom, Dee, screaming, and we went downstairs to
00:50see that my dad was dying.
00:54And the last words that he said to me were, I love you, so much, and I held my dad's hand
01:05as he died.
01:07This had a massive impact on the streamer.
01:09Later in Markiplier's career, after speaking with Doom Eternal developers, the devs put
01:14an unexpected Easter egg into the game to honor his late father.
01:18An in-game book in Doom Eternal references Markiplier's father's impressive mustache,
01:22which Markiplier has shared with fans before.
01:25In the same Draw My Life video, Markiplier shared that his parents divorced when he was
01:29pretty young, and it impacted quite a few things for the creator.
01:33The YouTuber mentioned that his mother wasn't happy, which he and his brother didn't understand.
01:38He never explained exactly why his mother was unhappy, instead choosing to be a bit
01:42vague about the situation.
01:43However, it led to his parents getting a divorce and Markiplier, his brother, and his father
01:49struggling a bit afterward.
01:51This meant that Markiplier had to leave the school he attended.
01:54Luckily, when he moved, he ended up making some friends and joining the school band.
01:58Markiplier also mentioned that the divorce led to him and his brothers losing their video
02:02games, but the family computer stayed.
02:04This sparked his love of computers and technology.
02:07Through an unfortunate and difficult experience for any kid, Markiplier found a place within
02:12the world of computer gaming.
02:14I just found out about 30 minutes ago that my niece, Miranda, was killed in a car crash."
02:28Unfortunately, Markiplier has lost more than just his dad throughout his life.
02:32His niece, Miranda, died in a car accident in 2018, and it led to Markiplier taking a
02:37short break from streaming and YouTube in general.
02:41Markiplier was, understandably, very upset about the situation.
02:44After telling viewers that he was alright, he asked for love and support to reach Miranda's
02:48family.
02:49A few days later, Markiplier returned to YouTube with Miranda's father.
02:53He explained that Miranda was one of his earliest supporters.
02:56"...she would often, like, go to school and brag about, um, the fact that she was related
03:02to me."
03:03Markiplier wanted to explain that he was related to her through marriage and not blood, and
03:07that family is whoever you make it.
03:09Miranda's father came on camera to thank viewers and also to reach out to the people
03:12who commented about losing loved ones as well.
03:15In his Draw My Life video, Markiplier mentioned that his life somewhat fell apart after his
03:20father died.
03:21He had moved in with his mom after his father's death, and he was still very confused about
03:25what to do with his life.
03:27At the time, his mother did not approve of who Markiplier was dating.
03:30This, along with other things Markiplier didn't go into detail about, led to his mother kicking
03:35him out.
03:36Luckily, Markiplier was able to get a place to live pretty easily.
03:39Shortly after Markiplier found his own place, he lost his job.
03:43Then he and his girlfriend broke up.
03:45After what seems like life knocking Markiplier down over and over again, the YouTuber ended
03:49up in the hospital in severe pain and had to have his appendix taken out, as well as
03:54a tumor.
03:55"...so I went to the hospital where they told me that my appendix was about the size of
03:58a beach ball and needed to come out immediately.
04:01They also told me that I had a tumor the size of a fist in my adrenal gland and that needed
04:06to come out, too."
04:07While this all sounds completely tragic, it did lead Markiplier to deciding to make his
04:11life his own again and be happy.
04:13To do this, he bought a camera, and the rest is YouTube history.