‘You will always be in my heart’: PewDiePie is left heartbroken as his beloved one-eyed 17-year-old pug named Maya dies
PewDiePie has announced his beloved pug Maya has died aged 17.
The heartbroken YouTuber, 33, took to Instagram earlier this week to pay tribute to his companion.
Sharing a selection of snaps of their time together over the years, PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, thanked the pooch, who had one eye, for ‘making my days brighter’.
Heartbroken: PewDiePie has announced his beloved pug Maya has died aged 17
PewDiePie wrote: ‘Said farewell to my little Maya this morning.. 17 years is a long time for a pug, but no time in the world would’ve ever been enough..
‘I didn’t think I could love a dog as much as I loved her..
‘Thank you for all the wonderful time we got to spend with you Thank you for always making my days brighter Thank you for bringing me closer to Marzia.
‘I will miss you so much and I already do.. you will always be in my heart Maya.’
Devastated: The heartbroken YouTuber, 33, took to Instagram earlier this week to pay tribute to his companion
Companion: Sharing a selection of snaps of their time together over the years, PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, thanked the pooch for ‘making my days brighter’
The YouTube star has been open about Maya’s health struggles, with the dog suffering from dementia earlier this year.
He said in a vlog previously: ‘We’ll see how she develops. But Maya has the ‘dementies’. She’s so old. Her mind is kind of declining a bit.’
PewDiePie’s net worth is believed to be about $30 million (£24.7 million)
He boasts 111million YouTube subscribers – the most in the world, and was one of Time magazine’s most influential people in 2016.
Most watched: PewDiePie boasts 111million YouTube subscribers – the most in the world
Both of his parents, Johanna and Ulf Kjellberg, are successful Chief Executives of their respective companies in Sweden.
In 2019, PewDiePie married long-term girlfriend Marzia Bisogin in a beautiful London ceremony, eight years after they met.
The couple tied the knot at the Temperate House and the Nash Conservatory in Kew Gardens and moved to Brighton with their two pugs Edgar and Maya.
Old age: The YouTube star has been open about Maya’s health struggles, with the dog suffering from dementia earlier this year
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