Famous on Twitter for his good-natured publications, Philippe, who held the Philousports account, died on Saturday, according to information from France Bleu.
Suffering from myopathy, he had approximately 266,000 followers on this social network and was well known to sports internet users.
The sports Twitter star Philousports, whose real name is Philippe, died on Saturday, according to information from France Bleu.
His death was then confirmed in the evening by the agency that represented him.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved @philousports. We wish we never had to. You were everything to him. He loved you so much,” the agency wrote in a tweet.
We are very sad to announce the passing of our beloved @philousports.
We wish we never had to.
You were everything to him.
He loved you so much.
- Associate Agents (@ArteroBorriello) June 19, 2021
Kylian Mbappé hails "an example for all"
Suffered from myopathy, Philippe had approximately 266,000 followers on Twitter.
According to information from the Parisian, the 48-year-old Marseillais suffered a heart attack "around 5:30 pm in Pietracorbara" in Haute-Corse.
"He had rested for a nap after the Blues game but did not wake up," said the daily.
In a tweet, the Blues striker, Kylian Mbappé, hailed "an admirable person", "an example for all" and "a lover of football and life".
An admirable person, with whom I had the chance to exchange.
An example for all.
A lover of football and life.
Sad news.
Rest in peace my Philou
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- Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) June 19, 2021