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Kori spent his last few months as a YouTube sensation and even met superstar Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp took to social media with an emotional tribute to friend and YouTube star Captain Kori after learning of his passing

The schoolboy from Ripley, Yorkshire, passed away last night at around 7.30pm after a lifelong battle with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, his mother Pixi announced on Twitter.

These things. impressive. a young pirates of the caribbean superfan has had his dreams come true, by getting to videocall johnny depp, who dressed as his character from the films, captain jack sparrow. kori, who is 11—years—old and lives in derbyshire, is on palliative treatment following two unsuccessful heart transplants, and he got to meet his idol through a charity for terminally ill children, as emma snow reports. meet 11—year—old kori. we interviewed him outside, as his heart condition makes him vulnerable. he's a massive pirates of the caribbean fan. so when actorjohnny depp hea...

With a video call. you're jack! it was something else but now it's jack. kori has a pirate—themed youtube channel, and his goal was to get 100,000 subscribers, something that he's now doubled, thanks to the help ofjohnny depp and the rock. i was very shocked and surprised. i wasjust like, "wait, i'm speaking tojohnny depp. 0k. what? when your sporting... tricorn. it was really, really cool. i was really nervous because i had no idea what to do, no idea what to say. so ijust kind of made everything up as i went along. kori's next goal is to reach 1 million subscribers on youtube. kori, obviou...