Friday 12 August 2022 04:52 PM YouTube star Jaclyn Hill announces ex-husband Jon has died in 'sudden tragedy' ... trends now

YouTube makeup influencer Jaclyn Hill announced Thursday that her ex-husband Jon Hill has died at the age of 33.

She did not specify a cause of death but referred to a 'sudden tragedy' and wrote: 'The Hill family request privacy during this overtly difficult time.'

Jaclyn and Jon were married from 2009 to 2018, and after their divorce he cited his struggles with addiction as one of the problems in their relationship.

She announced his death on her Insta Stories, first posting an upload that read: 'I was asked by Jons family to post this next slide…'

The following slide read: 'It is with profound remorse and sorrow that we must report that our beloved Andrew Jonathan Hill passed away on August 10, 2022.'

Jon's family added: 'We are all devastated by the sudden tragedy. The Hill family request privacy during this overtly difficult time. VR, Hill Family.'

News of his death comes the month after Jaclyn shared on Instagram that her ex-husband 'has not been doing well for a very long time. He hasn’t had a phone in months & no one has contact with him.'

Jon, a rock drummer, used to frequently appear on Jaclyn's wildly popular YouTube channel, which she launched two years after they got married.

By 2017 her channel had become so successful that Kim Kardashian appeared with Jaclyn in a makeup tutorial that has racked up over 10 million views.

The following year, Jaclyn announced that her marriage to Jon had fallen apart, saying on "YouTube: 'As a friend, like we work so well, but as husband and wife and as partners in life, it's just - it's not there. It does not work.'

She reflected that 'sometimes you have to let people go, no matter how much you love them, or no matter how much you're just like addicted to them, or how comfortable they are, you know. It's like sometimes you have to love yourself enough to let

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