YouTube star and animal rights activist Mikayla Raines has died by suicide, according to her husband who shared the news in an emotional video on her channel. She was 29. Ethan Raines shared that Mikayla had suffered from various mental health struggles over the years and had issues dealing with online criticism and negative comments about her.

YouTube star Mikayla Raines has died by suicide at the age of 29, her husband Ethan shared in an emotional video posted on Instagram on Monday, June 23.

Mikayla Raines, the force behind the Minnesota-based Save A Fox rescue who found fame on YouTube for her devotion to helping animals, has died by suicide at 29, according to her husband.