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Shira Lazar remembers Lamarr Wilson, a creator and former What’s Trending co-host, after his death. She recalls his warmth and their friendship, and reflects on checking in with others and building mental health support for creators.
- 1Remembering WilsonLazar shares the news of Wilson’s death and remembers his warmth and work.
- 2A friendship over the yearsShe recalls co-hosting with him and catching up at events.
- 3Checking inLazar encourages viewers to reach out to people they have not heard from.
- 4Community and isolationShe reflects on how creators can work and live alone despite having online audiences.
Takeaways
- Lazar remembers Wilson as a warm, supportive creator and early technology reviewer.
- She recalls working with him on What’s Trending and reconnecting over the years.
- His death prompts her to reflect on loneliness among creators and the importance of checking in.
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Remembering a friend
Lazar recalls Wilson’s personality, career and their years of friendship. She reflects on their last conversations.
Shira Lazar shares that creator Lamarr Wilson, whom she admired, has died. She says his death by suicide had been publicly reported and remembers him as friendly, loving, positive, intelligent and skilled at his work.
Lazar recalls Wilson’s early technology, gadget and video game reviews on YouTube and his time as a What’s Trending co-host around 2011 to 2013. As their work developed separately, she says, they stayed connected and enjoyed catching up at events.
She recalls a long conversation at a Linktree event in July about life, aging in the creator industry and their physical and mental health. She says they supported each other’s work from afar and remembers later sending him a creator mental health survey.
Lazar describes her grief and wishes she had checked in more, while acknowledging that people cannot know everything another person is experiencing. She encourages viewers to reach out to friends they have not heard from, including those who usually seem upbeat.
Checking in and building community
She encourages kindness and checking in with others. She discusses creator isolation and her mental health work.
She connects the loss to her work with Creators for Mental Health. Although creators can have large online communities, she says, many work and live alone, which can feel isolating when they are in pain.
Lazar says she is sitting with her grief and asks viewers not to take one another for granted and to be kind.
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