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Viral TikTok star dead at 24

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TikTok star Adam Perkins has died at age 24, his twin brother has confirmed.

Patrick announced his twin's death in a post on Instagram, revealing the Bostonborn socialmedi­a star had died on April 11.

He did not disclose any cause of death.

Adam had over 19,000 followers on TikTok but was best known for a viral 2015 clip on the now-defunct social-media site Vine. Adam's viral clip, a six-second video, in which he could be seen walking into a bathroom in his boxers and saying: `Hi, welcome to Chili's'

— to mock the tagline for a series of ads for the restaurant chain Chili's, gained over 20 million loops in a year, and made him an online sensation.

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