Obituary

In 2007, a British father filmed his toddler Harry offering his finger to his baby brother Charlie, who bit it. 'Ow! Charlie! Ow!' — and the internet could not stop watching. The 56-second video became one of the most-viewed on YouTube, racking up nearly a billion views and an endless parade of remixes, including a Kanye West edit. In 2021, the family sold the video as an NFT for over $760,000, which is the most money a baby has ever made from a bite. The meme died when it was monetized into a museum piece. The bite remains, frozen in the family's history.

Born

May 2007

Died

2011

Cause of death

Died of one million dollars

Last sighting

An NFT auction, May 2021

Resting place

Section Z, Row 12 — the ancestral plot

Category

event