TikTok star Jake ‘Goobi Gubbi’ Kind’s grandmother Mimmy dies aged 82 after years of battling cancer

TikTok personality Jake Kind – better known online as Goobi Gubbi – has revealed that his beloved grandmother has died at the age of 82.

The Philadelphia-based content creator, 27, shared the heartbreaking news with his 650,000-plus followers on Friday, September 5, posting a pre-recorded video his grandmother, Judith ‘Judy’ Bernstein, had filmed before her death.

‘If you are watching this, it means I’m dead,’ Bernstein, affectionately known as ‘Mimmy,’ said with her trademark blunt humor.

Kind urged her to give a proper farewell, prompting Mimmy to reflect: ‘I had the most fabulous life. I traveled the world with [my late husband] Arnie, went all over. We had phenomenal people that we did everything with.’

In true family fashion, Jake cut in to whisper ‘orgies,’ before reminding her to ‘make it a little bit funny.’ 

He also teased her when she went on a tangent about South America, saying: ‘This is a speech about you, not about the country of Brazil.’

Mimmy ended her farewell by repeating her simple message: ‘I had a fabulous life. That’s what you need to remember.’

The influencer had told fans earlier in the week that his grandmother was ‘in end stages,’ admitting that ‘the situation she’s in health-wise, or lack thereof, I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.’

Jake Kind, known online as Goobi Gubbi, pictured with his grandmother Mimmy, who died aged 82 after battling multiple cancers

Beloved internet personality Mimmy delivering her blunt farewell message: ‘If you are watching this, it means I’m dead’

Bernstein’s health struggles had long been part of her family’s TikTok journey. 

In a March 2025 interview with 6abc Action News, Jake and his mother Andrea revealed that Mimmy was battling ‘ten primary cancers, congestive heart failure and lung disease.’

Still, she continued to appear in countless videos that made fans laugh through the darkest times.

‘It’s three generations coming together, showing everything we’ve been through,’ Jake explained. ‘It’s like a little living scrapbook, if you will. We can just look back and see what happened three years ago – and it’s just so funny.’

Andrea added that she was grateful her son had documented so much of her mother’s final years. 

‘These are memories I’m gonna look back at and will probably cry sometimes, but laugh a lot,’ she said.

Kind first began posting clips with Mimmy in 2022, sharing their family’s hilarious dynamic as they moved houses. 

Over the years, their videos – often featuring Mimmy’s dry commentary on internet trends, or her unfiltered take on Jake’s life – became a cornerstone of his account, which has amassed more than 37 million likes.

Jake and Mimmy became viral sensations on TikTok thanks to their unfiltered family banter and her sharp humor

Pictured: Mimmy on her wedding day

The Philadelphia-based influencer first began posting videos with his grandmother in 2022, quickly amassing more than 650,000 followers

Bernstein herself once explained her outlook in a 2017 Fox Chase Cancer Center profile, years before her grandson’s TikTok fame. 

‘I know that life may be short, so I enjoy everything and don’t let things or unkind people trouble me. Everyone has a story. Fate can’t change what is going to happen to you, but you can change your attitude and how you are going to accept it.’

Tributes have already poured in from fans mourning the loss of an unlikely internet star. 

‘Mimmy brought us so much joy – thank you for sharing her with us,’ one follower wrote.

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