Anunay Sood: Official cause of death confirmed for influencer who died in hotel room aged 32
The official cause of death has been confirmed for a travel influencer who was found dead in his hotel room.
Content creator Anunay Sood, aged 32, died in Las Vegas in November.
Last month, days after his death, a report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) revealed that he had died from a possible overdose.
Sood passed as a result of combined fentanyl and alcohol toxicity, Clark County authorities have now confirmed. The cause of death states that Sood died as a result of 'combined fentanyl and ethanol toxicity’, as reported by The Daily Mail.
His manner of death was ruled as accidental.
Sood, who was was also a photographer and ran a marketing agency, had been staying at the Wynn Las Vegas luxury hotel on Tuesday November 4 when those who were with him found they could not wake him.
"They thought he was in a deep sleep," the police report said. “When they failed to wake him, they called first responders,” it went on. The report further said that after an ambulance arrived, medical personnel "began life-saving care" which included CPR and five Narcan packets, but they failed to revive him. Narcan is used to reverse or reduce opioid overdoses.
The report also mentions that the group of people Sood was staying in Las Vegas, who have not been named, sought to "obtain some narcotics" and later met with a man who sold the group what was suspected to be drugs.
Sood had 1.4 million followers on Instagram and was known for posting about his luxurious lifestyle and travel adventures. He most often published his travel photos, reels videos, and vlogs, and had featured on Forbes India's Top 100 Digital Stars list for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2024.
His family confirmed the news of his death on his official account shortly after his death.
The statement said: “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of our beloved Anunay Sood’s passing. We kindly ask for your understanding and privacy as we navigate this difficult time. We humbly request you to avoid gathering near personal property.”
His girlfriend Shivani Parihar later posted a tribute, writing: “My heart feels heavy and everything around me feels empty. You were my person, my safe place, my life, my everything.”
His followers have been shocked by the news of his death, with thousands of posts appearing on his social media such as: “May your soul rest in peace bhai. You will be missed and your vlogs and your vision will be missed, I wish this was not true. I really can’t believe it.”Sood is survived by his two sisters.