Influencer Tanner Martin had been open about his cancer journey before announcing his own death at age 30. Martin was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in 2020, when he was 25 years old. Five years later,

Tanner Martin, a social media influencer and new dad who chronicled his life with colon cancer for nearly a half million followers on Instagram, has died at age 30. He made the announcement himself in a prerecorded video posted Wednesday. (Watch it below.) “Hey, it’s me, Tanner. If you’re watching this, I am dead,” he said with a laugh.

Social media influencer Tanner Martin has died of colon cancer weeks after welcoming his first baby. The 30-year-old, who went viral online for documenting his journey with stage 4 colon cancer, announced his own death in a lighthearted, pre-recorded video posted to Instagram by his wife, Shay Martin.