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Published 15:00 IST, October 31st 2019

YouTube's famous grandpa who cooked meals for orphans passes away

YouTube's favorite grandpa, Narayana Reddy, who belonged from Telangana passed away on October 27 and the awful news was shared on his YouTube channel.

Reported by: Sounak Mitra
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YouTube's favorite grandpa, Narayana Reddy, who belonged from Telangana passed away on October 27. The news was shared with his 6 million subscribers via a video uploaded on his channel on Wednesday. The YouTube channel was started in 2017 as 'Grandpa Kitchen' and has attracted viewers from all over the world who loved to watch Grandpa cooking large portions of meals in just one sitting.

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YouTube channel contains delicious meals cooked by Grandpa

He was frequently seen cooking peacefully in a calm environment filled with lush green fields. His modest approach to cooking earned his channel 'Grandpa' great recognition and fame on YouTube. Grandpa's delicious menu contains from cooking 500 packets of Maggi in one go to teaching the viewers how to prepare famous KFC- styled chicken, American lasagna, chicken biryani, and various other dishes at cheap rates at home. His channel also has a video of preparing mouth-watering delicious sweet dishes such as oreo pudding and gulab jamuns. The enormous proportions of the meal that the man cooked were distributed to orphans in his community.

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The last dish

The bio on the Grandpa Kitchen's account read, "We entertain people by cooking food and donate the proceeds to charities. Our goal is to provide basic necessities like food, clothing, school supplies and birthday gifts to the orphans". The last meal cooked by him was 'Crispy Potato Fingers' which he cooked last month on September 20 which is uploaded on his channel. Since then he has not seen cooking anymore due to his ill health. Last week, the elderly man made his final appearance on the channel going live to provide updates regarding his health. The saddening news of his demise left his fans and followers across the globe in grief.

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Netizens Reactions

A user on Twitter wrote, "RIP a man with a big heart. We need more like him in this world". Another user wrote, "Rest in Peace Grandpa...we will miss you and your videos...the way you help others is very inspiring...you've done so much to help and inspire others...thank you so much for the joy you've given to others and the joy of your viewers...the viewers that is also your family...we're family...thank you and we will miss you".

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Updated 16:45 IST, October 31st 2019

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