Mat George, the 26-year-old co-host of the podcast “She Charges Canines” recognized for his humorous takes on relationship, popular culture and his id as a homosexual man, was struck and killed by a automotive in Los Angeles on Saturday in what the authorities known as a hit-and-run.
The Los Angeles Police Division mentioned in a press release that the hit-and-run occurred within the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles round 2:20 a.m.
A pedestrian had been strolling in an unmarked crosswalk when a white BMW struck him and drove away. The pedestrian died on the scene, the police mentioned.
The division didn’t affirm whether or not the pedestrian was Mr. George, however the assertion mentioned the pedestrian was a 26-year-old Arizona resident. Mr. George graduated from Arizona State College in 2017, in response to his LinkedIn web page.
Michaela Okland, his pal and co-host on the podcast, confirmed his dying on Twitter.
On the present, the 2 co-hosts swapped relationship tales and shared their ideas on psychological well being, “The Bachelorette” and Britney Spears.
“He cherished singing alongside to songs he didn’t know the phrases to, pretending to be straight to get on actuality relationship exhibits and speaking in actually dangerous accents,” Ms. Okland mentioned in a press release.
Ms. Okland mentioned Mr. George needed to assist L.G.B.T.Q. folks really feel accepted as a result of that’s what he had longed for when he was youthful. He hosted a weekly on-line ebook membership and invited all of his followers to affix, Ms. Okland mentioned.
In an interview in December with the web site Shoutout Arizona, Mr. George mentioned he had questioned whether or not he would have the ability to assist himself after shifting to Los Angeles final 12 months to pursue a profession in leisure.
“In the direction of the top of my school days at Arizona State College, I began to share my experiences as a homosexual man with completely different folks I used to be near,” he mentioned. “Their reactions made me notice that a number of these tales had been humorous to others, which then gave me extra confidence to begin sharing them with much more folks.”
Abby Govindan, a standup comic and author primarily based in New York, mentioned on Twitter on Saturday that Mr. George by no means took himself too severely when folks mocked him on Twitter.
“Mat bought harassed on right here by strangers relentlessly however he had an impeccable expertise for taking it in stride and turning it right into a joke for his followers to snicker at,” Ms. Govindan mentioned.
Mr. George’s humorous takes typically drew widespread consideration on Twitter. Final week, he shared a photograph of his mom and Snoop Dogg.
“I’ve been in LA for a 12 months and haven’t seen a single superstar,” he wrote. “My mother comes for a weekend and meets Snoop Dogg.”
When different customers mentioned the person was most likely a doppelgänger of the rapper, Mr. George mentioned: “Can everybody cease saying it’s not Snoop Dogg. My mother’s gonna be heartbroken the subsequent time she logs onto Twitter.”
In 2017, Mr. George drew consideration after he devised a artistic approach to measure a microwave he was promoting. When somebody on Fb requested him for measurements, he posted a photograph of vodka bottles subsequent to the microwave for comparability.
“I don’t have a tape measurer but it surely’s about as tall as a fifth of berry new Amsterdam and has a size of a berry and mango fifth of latest am,” he wrote.
In response to his LinkedIn web page, Mr. George labored as a medical scribe in Phoenix, taking medical info from sufferers, for almost three years after he graduated from school, the place he studied biology.
A pal, Isaac Lee, mentioned he bonded with Mr. George in school as a result of each of them had been closeted and in the identical fraternity, Sigma Pi. Mr. Lee mentioned Mr. George would have appreciated that his identify was trending on Twitter after he died. “He cherished being within the highlight and he favored making folks glad,” he mentioned.
Mr. George was initially from Liberty, Mo., in response to his Fb web page. He was born on Could 14, 1995, Mr. Lee mentioned. Details about survivors was not instantly accessible.
The Police Division is providing a reward of as much as $50,000 for details about the hit-and-run driver.
Ms. Okland mentioned on Twitter that she and Mr. George had recorded yet another episode of “She Charges Canines,” however “it should possible be placed on maintain.”
“My hope going ahead is that individuals proceed to speak about Mat and share his tales,” she mentioned, “as a result of a bit little bit of the longer term he needed could be preserved that means.”