Brian Barczyk

Brian Barczyk † (September 6, 1969 - January 14, 2024 [aged 54]) was an American YouTuber and vlogger who makes daily vlogs revolving around animals and reptiles. Barczyk can also be seen on SnakeBytesTV, AnimalBytesTV and Discovery channel's series Venom Hunters.
==Content==
His content revolved around vlogs showing various reptiles, like snakes, geckos, blue tongued skinks & other animals too. He also often showed such reptiles breeding. He uploaded family-friendly vlogs daily, which means there are no swear words in his videos.
==Personal life==
===Cancer diagnosis===
In early 2023, Brian's health started to take a sharp decline, and he went to the hospital to see what was wrong. After several tests, he received news that he had pancreatic cancer. Despite this, he is still determined to beat it, but throughout the year, his health keeps deteriorating more and more. From early to middle spring, his hair began to thin out due to his aggressive treatments against cancer, and during the summer of 2023, he was forced to completely shave what remained of his hair. 
All this had taken an immense toll on his mental health, and his presence in his vlogs has been steadily decreasing. On September 23rd, 2023 he gave an update on his pancreatic cancer diagnosis and he news was grim. The original tumor began growing and more tumors started to appear in his liver, and Brian's health was showing an even more noticeable decline.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdC73xdmG0I&ab_channel=AntsCanada
On January 1st, 2024 Brian was rushed to the hospital for multiple strokes which brought him to death's door, but he still managed to make a update from his hospital bed where we learn he's in the end stages of his cancer. Three days later there were multiple reports of him passing away, though that is still unverified as of January 4th, 2024. In response to these rumors, Brian posted his final video on January 5th, 2024, explaining how he's fought as hard as he could against the cancer but the pain has gotten too much and he just wants to let go. In the end of the video he was put into hospice around his family and friends.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQYlNbfHRY
On January 15, 2024, after nine days on hospice care Brian passed away surrounded by his family and friends. They later announced it on their YouTube channel as well as their Facebook page.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxfOntJsGKl9uV9qyobhxHan4Bb4g7BWTG His channel is now run by his family, mainly his son Noah, with usual content.
==Trivia==
*He had two dogs, Burmese pythons, Reticulated pythons, Tortoises, Lizards and an American alligator.
*He travelled around the world for animal adventures.
*He once collaborated with MrBeast in the video Would You Sit In Snakes For $10,000?.
*Even though AnimalBytesTV is his main channel, his vlog channel has more views and subscribers.
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