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{{Short description|American fitness YouTuber (c. 1994–2026)}}
{{Hatnote|For the ice hockey defenceman, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Murphy Connor Murphy (NHL)].}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Connor Murphy
| birth_date   = c. 1994
| death_date   = 7 July 2026
| death_place  = Samut Prakan province, Thailand
| death_cause  = Drowning (press reports; investigation ongoing)
| nationality  = American
| occupation   = YouTuber, fitness influencer
| known_for    = Gym content later filed as looksmaxxing
}}
'''Connor Murphy''' (c. 1994 – 7 July 2026) was an American fitness and looksmaxxing YouTuber. He is '''not''' the NHL defenceman of the same name. There was no standalone English Wikipedia article on this Murphy as of September 2026. Press (''Complex'', ''People'', TMZ, ''The Spectator'') covered his death.<ref name="complex">{{cite news |url=https://www.complex.com |title=Looksmaxxing Influencer Connor Murphy Dead at 32 |newspaper=Complex |date=8 July 2026 |access-date=9 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="spec">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk |title=Death of a looksmaxxer |magazine=The Spectator |date=15 July 2026 |access-date=9 September 2026}}</ref>

== Career ==
He came up in the early 2010s as gym content: "natural" transformations (''The Spectator'': he was on steroids), attractiveness talk, shirt-off "mogging" in public and gyms.<ref name="spec" /> Pre-TikTok he was one of the recognizable online-fitness faces, with on the order of 2.6–2.7 million followers across Instagram and YouTube at death. He called himself a "giga chad." A late video was titled "Obituary Pending."

''The Spectator'' (15 July 2026) described a later unmooring: ayahuasca (2020 confession video), then — per [[Androgenic]] in that piece — a gold fixation and gold injections that discolored his skin. Treat Androgenic's claim as a scene quote, not a lab result.<ref name="spec" />

== Death ==
Thai authorities in Samut Prakan province were called on 7 July 2026 to a luxury rental. Press: erratic behavior, ran, jumped a lake, drowned; body about 20 m from shore; no signs of assault reported; autopsy ordered. TMZ and ''People'': unused syringes and unidentified white pills in a vehicle; black and yellow paint through the property. Investigation ongoing in those reports.<ref name="complex" /><ref name="spec" />

AuraRanker still listed him as a looksmaxxer in September 2026 snapshots after the death.

== See also ==
* [[List of looksmaxxers]]
* [[Androgenic]]
* [[Physique]]

== References ==
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