India, Nov. 6 -- The influencer community woke up to heartbreaking news on Thursday as Dubai-based popular travel creator Anunay Sood, with a following of over 1 million on Instagram, died unexpectedly at the age of 32. Sood's family confirmed the news in a statement shared on his official Instagram account. While the cause of death has not been disclosed, it is believed he was in Las Vegas, USA, at the time.

Travel influencer Siddhartha Joshi, who travelled with him to Sri Lanka and also shot a podcast together, tells us, "When I first met Anunay in Sri Lanka years ago, such was his humility that he introduced me to others as someone he had admired for years. The admiration was mutual-it was always a pleasure to meet and learn from him....