Michael duarte death: The food influencer was killed in a “horrific incident”
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Sad news this week outside of the social media world:
Food Tooflencer Michael Duarte – Best known by the Instagram Handle @Foodwoodwoodwoodwoodwoodwoodwordbearhands – Died on Saturday, November 8, in what was described as a ‘horrific incident.’
“It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our important client and dear friend, Michael Duarte,” Alooma Media Group, his agency, wrote through the agency’s Instagram on Sunday.
“He is a true and reliable partner, a reliable collaborator, and above all, an amazing person. His love, expertise, and expertise and creativity leave not only our team but everyone who had the privilege of working with him.”
Michael Duarte has more than 2 million followers on Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook and YouTube thanks to his cooking videos, sharing his old recipes.
His biography on Instagram Read “my goal is to share the world’s food with people who need it the most.”
A gofundme page has been set up to cover funeral expenses and care for Duarte’s family, whose father died in Texas just three days after celebrating his ninth anniversary with Jessica.
The couple shares a 6-year-old daughter, oakley.
“The world may not know him as ‘food,’ but to us, he was a loving husband, father, brother and best friend to many,” said the description of the gofundme page.
“This heart attack came without warning, leaving Jessica to cover the costs of bringing her home to California and covering the funeral expenses.
“At this time, and in the months/years to come, we want to make sure that Jessica and Oakley wanted to be the comfort, the strength of which would make them that.”
As of November 12, the Gofundme page has raised more than $63,000, more than half of its $100,000 goal.
(Instagram)A native of California, Duarte got his first job at a Mexican restaurant owned by his uncle when he was 14 years old.
During the Covil-19 pandemic, Duarte left her job in San Diego and started posting cooking videos on social media.
At that time, he wrote on Instagram, he had a “mental health problem” and went to rehab, later he said “he realized that creating joy made me who I am” and I see that it can be a real business.
Duarte’s widow, Jessica, shared a heartfelt tribute to her late husband via Instagram on Sunday, November 9. It read:
It’s been 24 hours since my world arrived. I am paralyzed, angry, depressed. Words cannot describe this kind of pain. I never thought I would be writing this.
TThe world was food but to us you were a loving husband and father. You don’t deserve this. I will forever love you and be strong for our daughter and I know how much you loved us. If everyone would stop and please pray for our family. To my husband I will miss you … Until we meet again.
