Turtlemonade

Steven Zamora † (October 7, 1996 - January 4, 2022 [aged 25]), better known online as Turtlemonade or TurtleAmigo, was an American YouTuber and animator known for his storytime and skit videos.
== Content ==
Steven's content mainly consisted of animations. On his old channel, he made animated storytime videos, while on his new channel, he made short skit and meme animations.
== History ==
Steven originally joined YouTube on April 16, 2016 as TurtleAmigo. On this channel, he would begin to create storytime animation videos. He would gradually rise to fame within the animation community and befriended people such as TheAMaazing and PantslessPajamas.
Steven would do many collaborations with YouTube animators such as the aforementioned, and was able to expand his channel. He reached 100,000 subscribers in October 2018. He would continue creating storytime animations for the next couple of years.
However, Steven would begin to lose interest in the storytime genre. In November 2020, he would delete his channel of over 130,000 followers due to pressure from fans wanting him to continue creating storytime animations even though he did not enjoy making them anymore.the seed — turtlemonade (YouTube). 21 Nov 2020 (description)
On November 20, 2020, Steven created a new channel under the name turtlemonade. He would begin posting short skit and meme animations here shortly after. He would additionally do streams on Twitch. This channel would be the hub for his animated content for the remainder of his time online.
== Death ==
In early January 2022, Steven died by suicide at the age of 25. His death was later confirmed in a tweet by his friend, PantslessPajamas, on January 11.PantslessPajamas on Twitter: "My heart hurts just having to type this, but @turtlemonade / TurtleAmigo, a wonderful friend to me and our whole community, has passed away. Its been hard on his friends, but even harder on his family- which is why they need your help and support to pay for his funeral." 11 Jan 2022 A GoFundMe page was started by his family to pay for funeral costs.gofundme.com - Help for Steven’s funeral
== Channel milestones ==
=== Subscriber milestones ===
TurtleAmigo
* 100,000 subscribers: October 2018
turtlemonade
* 1,000 subscribers: July 23, 2021
=== Video view milestones ===
TurtleAmigo
* 1 million video views: November 2017
turtlemonade
* 10,000 video views: March 4, 2021
== References ==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:Deceased YouTubers