Cooper Noriega’s ex-girlfriend Sabrina “Sab” Quesada is paying respect to the 19-year-old TikTok sensation, who died abruptly on Thursday.
Quesada, a social media celebrity, posted an emotional Instagram post on Friday mourning the death of her ex-boyfriend, whom she referred to as the “light of my life.”
The influencer, who is 20 years old, shared numerous adorable black-and-white images as well as a small video. A snapshot of the former couple sitting in what seemed to be a photo booth together was one of the slides, while another was a screenshot of a text exchange between Noriega and Quesada. Noriega informed Quesada, as revealed in the supposed screengrab: “God has sent his angels to protect you. I sense grandeur approaching you.”
Noriega said in the description of the photo, “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me, the light of my life. Please accept my heartfelt apologies. May we cross paths again.”
According to Dexerto, the young stars started dating in October 2020 and celebrated their one anniversary together last October. The couple ended their relationship in April, with Quesada announcing the news on her Instagram Story at the time. Noriega and Quesada were “no longer together,” but it was a “mutual decision,” according to Quesada.
Quesada’s Instagram account presently has 11 posts, 10 of which involve Noriega.
In the meantime, fans, friends, and fellow TikTok stars have been paying tribute to Noriega on social media, in addition to Quesada.
Noriega’s sister sent a poignant letter on his Instagram account on Friday. Noriega’s sister commented alongside a photo of her brother smiling, “Hello, everyone. Thank you all for your nice thoughts about our little coop on behalf of our family. For our family and loved ones, his death is a complete tragedy.”
“We pray that we can all carry on his legacy as a community,” she added. “He cared deeply about each and every one of you. Please do not hesitate to contact us; we appreciate all of the help. With love, his sister, bless you all.”
Noriega’s death was originally reported by TMZ on Friday. The social media sensation was discovered unconscious in a mall parking lot outside of Los Angeles on Thursday, according to law enforcement officials. A passerby discovered him and phoned 911. EMTs, on the other hand, were unable to revive Noriega.
According to TMZ, the Internet sensation was not in a car, his body showed no indications of violence, and no foul play is suspected at this time.
Noriega, who had a sizable following on TikTok and Instagram, posted a video to his TikTok account just hours before his death. The Internet sensation was shown in bed in the short film. The words “who else b thinking they gon d!€ young af” were written on top of the video. “Or dis j me,” he said in the caption.
Noriega had previously been open with his fans about his struggles with addiction.
Noriega announced on June 5, just days before his death, that he had opened a Discord server for followers to chat about their mental health.
“Hey people, I just started a Discord for mental health purely, and if you would like to join it, just click the link in my bio.:),” he wrote in the caption of the photo above.
Noriega also included a screenshot of what looks to be a Discord channel description in his post. “I’ve been struggling with addiction since I was 9 years old, you may think that’s crazy, but that’s the life I’ve been dealt would like to use the influence I’ve been given to create a space built on spreading awareness and normalizing talking about mental illness,” Noriega wrote in part, as shown in the image.