Emily Hartridge

Emily Hartridge (May 25, 1984 – July 12, 2019), also known as Emily Hart, was an English YouTuber and television presenter.[2]

Not to be confused with Emily Hart.

Emily Hartridge
Personal information
Born(1984-05-25)25 May 1984
Hambledon, Hampshire, England
Died12 July 2019(2019-07-12) (aged 35)
Battersea, London, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationYouTuber, television presenter
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–2019
Subscribers355 thousand
Total views142.3 million
100,000 subscribers 2014[1]
Updated: 22 June 2020

Biography

Emily Hartridge was born in Hambledon, Hampshire, England in 1984.[3]

Hartridge began publishing vlogs on her YouTube channel in 2012 with her "Ten Reasons Why ..." videos.[4] Her material covered topics such as sex, relationships, love, gender and modern life, as well as pieces about her personal life such as her sexuality, mental health and her decision to freeze her eggs. She also presented television shows such as Channel 4's series Oh Sh*t I'm 30 and appeared in Sketch My Life.[2][4]

At the time of her death, Hartridge was undergoing fertility treatment for egg harvesting as she hoped to have a baby with her boyfriend Jake Hazell as she had been diagnosed with low fertility in 2018. Hartridge met Jake whilst working as a personal trainer. After struggling with addiction and depression and as a mental health campaigner himself, Hazell appeared in Hartridge's YouTube videos on a regular basis.

Death

On July 12, 2019, Hartridge was riding her electric scooter on the Queen's Circus roundabout in Battersea, London when she was struck by a lorry on the roundabout, killing her at the scene.[5] She was 35 years old.[2] Hartridge is believed to be the first person to die in the United Kingdom in an accident involving an e-scooter.[4]

Hartridge's final video, titled "10 Reasons to Get a Younger Boyfriend", showed her receiving two scooters, given to her by Hazell following her 35th birthday in May 2019. One of the scooters was electric, believed to be the one she was riding at the time of her death.[6]

In September 2020, a coroner ruled that Hartridge had lost control of her scooter due to it being "unsuitably driven, too fast and with an underinflated tyre".[7]

References
  1. "100k subscribers Waahhhhooooo". YouTube. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. Tapper, James (14 July 2019). "Television presenter Emily Hartridge dies in electric scooter crash". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. "Emily Hartridge obituary". The Times. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. Vera, Amir (13 July 2019). "Emily Hartridge, popular YouTube personality, dies at 35". CNN. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. Stolworthy, Jacob (14 July 2019). "TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge identified as first person killed in UK riding e-scooter". The Independent. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. "Emily Hartridge death: Tributes paid to YouTube star who died in electric scooter crash as final video shows her excitement at receiving it as birthday present". www.msn.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. "Emily Hartridge: Deflated tyre 'caused Youtuber's e-scooter crash'". BBC News. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.


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