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His mother, Maria Shavershian, said a post-mortem examination revealed that her youngest son suffered from an undiagnosed heart condition, which triggered cardiac arrest.

Before he started bodybuilding The family, who are intensely private, were given the news only on Monday, three days after Mr Shavershian's death.

They have not yet made plans for his funeral but say it will be a private ceremony for family and close friends. They are expecting to receive his body this weekend. Do you know more? Mr Shavershian, from Carlingford, was a fulltime business and commerce student who crafted the wildly popular online "Zyzz" persona after discovering bodybuilding in his late teens. He released a book, began promoting bodybuilding supplements and made countless videos in character as "Zyzz"; an aggressive and flamboyant, heavily-tanned showman.

Throughout his studies he also worked part-time as a stripper with the male revue Sydney Hotshots. Mr Shavershian's fame was contained to the bodybuilding world until two weeks ago, when The Sun-Herald wrote about the arrest of his older brother , Said, He was found in possession of an anabolic steroid and pleaded guilty to the charge last week.

The younger sibling was not pleased with his inclusion in the article, which raised questions about the extent of steroid use in amateur bodybuilding and to what lengths young men were going to emulate their idols. That following has swelled to more than 73, since news of his death broke online late on Monday. However, he did not hold down a business job and instead worked as a personal trainer and male stripper.

He chose to pursue the bodybuilding lifestyle after seeing his brother Said Sergeyevich Shavershian, known online as "Chestbrah", become "shredded" through similar techniques. Both Zyzz and his brother ended up taking steroids over the course of their training, leading to Chestbrah's arrest for steroid possession on July 14th, Aziz died suddenly on August 5th, at age He was found in a sauna in Bangkok, Thailand.

His autopsy revealed that he had suffered from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. Reflecting his online popularity, news of his death appeared on several Australian news sites including The Telegraph Australia [12] , 9News [13] , and the Sydney Morning Herald [14] , as well as BodyBuilding.

Following Zyzz's death, his brother Said Shavershian a. The thread included screenshots of various Facebook posts as evidence. On August 21st, Bodybuilding Forums [21] member Essay replied to another Zyzz thread claiming the Miami story had been faked. On March 22nd, , Chestbrah uploaded a minute video montage to YouTube dedicated to his brother titled "Zyzz — The Legacy", which included various inspirational clips of Zyzz accompanied a house music playlist.

The video received over , views and over 10, comments within one month. Search query volume peaked in August , the month he died. View All Videos. View All Images. Show Comments. The news inspired a celebration of Something Awful's legacy but there were complicated feelings for the man himself. Accidentally going viral made their business model of "selling necklaces" in exchange for charitable donations which can't be tracked public knowledge. Know Your Meme is an advertising supported site and we noticed that you're using an ad-blocking solution.

Read Edit History. Like I mentioned above, Zyzz never admitted to steroid usage openly but his brother Said had openly talked about it in a YouTube video saying that he was surprised as to how strong and muscular was Zyzz becoming after high school.

He also went ahead to say that how he once walked into Zyzz's room to see him being injected with steroids.

That is when Zyzz introduced Said to steroids and how both the brothers started abusing these drugs to get big and jacked. Said was also once found possessing anabolic steroids and claimed guilty for the charge and paid a fine as well.

There were claims that Zyzz already had a pre-existing heart condition and it was well documented and researched before his death itself that steroid abuse worsens pre-existing conditions, especially related to the heart. To top this, his brother Said still muses Instagram followers about how he is living the natty life for a few more weeks due to an injury rehab and how he is itching to jump on the 'Trenbolone' again.

The question here to ask is, are anabolic steroids worth the tiny bit of fame they give you online? Are those likes and supplement and apparel sponsorships worth the shit one ends up injecting up their arse? Zyzz's story is tragic to say the very least. It is often told again in this piece as a precaution and a warning to aspiring bodybuilders for the price they may end up paying due to misuse and abuse of anabolic steroids.

If anything, stories like these should serve as an awakening to those already injecting and move them to get off the roids. Pratik Thakkar is an online fitness coach who is regarded as someone who will make it easy for you to understand the process by putting things in the right context and providing science-based recommendations.