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YouTuber Billy LeBlanc Reveals His Girlfriend Natalie Clark Died After Eating Raw Oysters
By Daniel Trainor,
4 hours ago
Courtesy of Billy LeBlanc/Instagram
YouTube star Billy LeBlanc revealed the tragic details of the death of his girlfriend, Natalie Clark .
“I’m sure none of you know but I recently almost died. I was in the hospital for 12 days. Unfortunately Natalie didn’t make it and she passed away,” LeBlanc wrote via Instagram on Sunday July, 14.
In a follow-up comment on Monday, July 15, LeBlanc shared that Clark died after they “both got vibrio vulnificus from raw oysters.”
According to the Cleveland Clinic , vibrio vulnificus is “a type of bacteria that can enter your body when you eat uncooked or undercooked shellfish. It can also infect open wounds. It causes a serious form of the illness vibriosis that can quickly lead to sepsis, shock and large, spreading blisters that destroy tissues.”
LeBlanc — who rose to internet fame with the popular YouTube account @Bratayley , featuring videos of himself, his ex-wife Katie LeBlanc and their three children — remembered Clark with a carousel of photos from their cross-country adventures.
“I will always remember how we got lost everywhere together,” he shared. “I will always love her and miss her. Be safe and hold your loved ones tight, you never know when it’ll be the last time you see them.”
Courtesy of Billy LeBlanc/Instagram
Billy also has a solo YouTube channel called @justbillyleblanc where he often posted videos of himself and Clark. The last video posted to his page, called “Ping Pong Money Ball Challenge,” was uploaded in May 2023.
The day before Billy announced Clark’s death, he posted a birthday message to his late son Caleb, who died in 2015.
“It seems like just yesterday, you would have been in this ihop with us,” LeBlanc wrote alongside pictures from the pancake chain restaurant. “I miss you my little baby boy. Happy birthday.”
Billy’s ex-wife and Caleb’s mother, Katie, announced the news of their son’s death in October 2015, sharing he had died due to “natural causes” at the age of 13.
“This has come as a shock to all of us,” she wrote. “Words cannot describe how much we will miss him. His incredibly funny, loving and wonderful spirit made us all fall in love with him as a YouTuber, friend, brother and son.”
Courtesy of Billy LeBlanc/Instagram
She continued, “We know you tune in to watch each day and eagerly anticipate new videos, but ask that you bear with us while we deal with this tragedy as a family.”
Billy and Katie got divorced in 2019 before he began dating Clark the following year.
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