# YouTuber "Simply Sara" has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816 "2025-04-09T03:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/1 "2025-04-09T03:00:05Z")
Because she was a YouTuber, who mostly did cooking shows, I put the thread here. I didn’t watch her regularly, but I was aware of her online presence and did check her out occasionally. She died from complications of diverticulitis, compounded by morbid obesity. I don’t know how old she was. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/2 "2025-04-09T03:35:15Z")
Facebook obituary says she was born in 1979. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/3 "2025-04-09T13:07:32Z")
I learned about her from [the Wandas Macaroni Salad thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandas-macaroni-salad-wtf/554043) If you offered me a wager at the time whether she’s be alive in 15 years I’d have bet the house on the under. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/4 "2025-04-09T13:10:23Z")
Wow. That video is a cry for help. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/5 "2025-04-09T13:24:55Z")
Here is a link to her [channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW7dkv716GTmq_e1NXL0NvA) Somehow I remembered that macaroni salad thread. I am also stunned that she lived so long. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/6 "2025-04-09T13:40:30Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I learned about her from [the Wandas Macaroni Salad thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandas-macaroni-salad-wtf/554043) Man, you forget how different the Dope used to be back in the day, huh. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/7 "2025-04-09T13:50:41Z")
Talk about prescient. > [@Wanda's Macaroni Salad - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandas-macaroni-salad-wtf/554043/5): > > I read a comment somewhere, where someone said he’d heard that ‘Simply Sara’ had died. I posted here to ask if it was true, but nothing came of it. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/8 "2025-04-09T13:51:02Z")
Here’s [my ancient thread on this topic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-simply-saras-pasta-salad-and-lived/646215) Bye Sara. My mom liked your pasta salad. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/9 "2025-04-09T18:05:01Z")
Whoa. I missed that thread. Yuck. I was actually surprised at the number of people saying they put sugar or condensed milk in their macaroni salad. My macaroni salad contains: salad-sized macaroni, diced white onion, diced celery, diced dill pickles, dill pickle juice (I always save the brine after I eat the pickles in the jar), Best Food mayonnaise, salt, pepper (sometimes I go bougie and use white pepper). I _never_ add any extra sweetener, and most people like my mac salad. I felt sorry for her. I’ve lost 60 pounds over the last year or so, and it wasn’t easy. I like sweets, but I could never eat food like that. And it was so _soupy_. It’d have to sit for at least 24 hours for the pasta to soak up all that juice. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/10 "2025-04-09T21:46:08Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Man, you forget how different the Dope used to be back in the day, huh. When I was young, I’d have probably mocked her. Now I just feel sad. 45! That’s just getting started. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/11 "2025-04-09T23:34:27Z")
I’ve also heard of people putting honey in a pasta salad, but the sweetener was usually in what could best be described as a homeopathic amount. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/12 "2025-04-10T20:50:21Z")
I know people do it, but it doesn’t appeal to me. Now, if I’m making a creamy style cole slaw, I’ll add a bit of sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/13 "2025-04-11T00:40:12Z")
From I have read, it was a combination of stomach virus, bowel blockage, and of course morbid obesity. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816/14 "2025-04-11T13:03:33Z")
I dunno, she seemed to be struggling to breathe in her video, when all she is doing is talking about putting things in a bowl. There’s overweight and healthy and not, and she was not…