Notable/Celebrity Deaths | Nobuyo Ōyama (90)

[Mr EliteL]

Didn't mind Sean Lock, was my favourite captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats when I happened to bother to watch it and found his delivery great both in the show and live. Although I don't own any of his live stuff or seen one full, but have watched clips of it on YouTube and rewatched them yesterday when I heard of the news. 58 is young and a shame cancer claimed him. Was wondering if it was the skin cancer kind he mentioned/joked about from the earlier work he did in his life.

[ShiraNoMai]

An unfortunate end for his young soul. Melanoma is no joke, if that's what it was. Check your skin for darkening brown spots, folks.

[Moonface]

I hadn't heard of the guy beforehand, but Hiroshi Ono, also know as Mr. Dotman, has passed away at the age of 64: https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/nam...ss-3073257

For those who don't recognize him by name, he's the legendary pixel artist behind many of Namco's iconic games, such as Galaga.

[ShiraNoMai]

o7


May he rest in pixels. 

[Mr EliteL]

I shouldn't find that RIP message funny. Still he did some great stuff and respect that kind of work, so yes may he rest now.

[Moonface]

o7


May he rest in pixels. 

I do not understand what the top part of your post means at all.

Chris Ayres also passed away recently. His most notable role was the VA of Frieza in recent Dragonball stuff.

[Dragon Lord]

o7 is a text emote for saluting. o being the head and 7 being the arm.

[Moonface]

Ah, I see it now. I never manage to figure out text figure emotes by myself a lot of the time. OTL was another I didn't get at first too. XD

[Moonface]

I just read that the founder of one of my favourite game studio's as a kid passed away on December 14.
Ian Hetherington, the founder of Psygnosis (later rebranded to Studio Liverpool), has passed away at the age of 69.

Psygnosis (Studio Liverpool) was best known for the Lemmings and WipEout franchises, but other notable games they worked on included the Destruction Derby series, the Formula 1 games from 1996 to 2000, Colony Wars, and Rollcage. The studio was closed down by Sony in 2012, and Ian Hetherington went on to be the chairman of Evolution Studios, developer of the MotorStorm franchise and Driveclub. 

I didn't know about the guy before now, but it's sad to see the guy behind so many games I love to have passed away, and at quite still a young age too.

[Karo]

It always sad to hear about a passing of someone that indirectly brought joy to your life. I can't say his games were really my cup of tea, but it is sad that he passed away.

In reality human lives are pretty short a 100 years if your lucky isn't really a lot of time to be fair.

[Moonface]

In reality human lives are pretty short a 100 years if your lucky isn't really a lot of time to be fair.

Yeah, I think that's what makes someone dying under 75 hit harder. Taking something already short and making it at least 25% shorter is pretty rough. Not that this person died today, but a wrestler called Brodie Lee passed away in December last year at the age of 41, and the kicker is his biggest fear was dying young and leaving his kids behind like what happened to him with his dad, and it happened out of nowhere. Today is his birthday which is why he came to mind.

[Dragon Lord]

In very sad news that doesn't seem to be the usual hoax this time around, TMZ has reported that on Friday, December 31st 2021, the world has lost one of its brightest lights, with actress Betty White passing away at the age of 99. People Magazine has also posted that her agent has confirmed her death to them.

Man, fuck you 2021. You were fine right until the last day, and then you had to commit the worst crime you could have possibly done to the world. 18 days before she would have reached her 100th birthday. This just completely ruins 2022 before it even starts.

[Moonface]

Can't say I'm familiar with her beyond her name, but seeing this thread active today of all days (or even tomorrow) instantly made my heart drop.

[ShiraNoMai]

Ya know I didn't want to believe it, cuz people have been wrongly meme-ing on that for years now, and with it being the literal last day before 2022, weeks out from her 100th, I was sure this was another bullshit attempt at starting shit. But no, this time it seems it's for real

She went out a legend, and she'd want it to stay that way. o7

[Dragon Lord]

Can't say I'm familiar with her beyond her name, but seeing this thread active today of all days (or even tomorrow) instantly made my heart drop.

Obviously I never knew her personally, but I've never seen a single person ever say one bad thing about her. Everyone who knew her said the same thing -- she was an absolutely amazing person who had nothing but kindness in her heart. Now, I can't back that up from my own experience, but I think you can see that in the way she talked and how she just had fun with everything she did. 

She was one of the few people who was just pure good left on this planet. I don't mean to sound like I'm valuing her life more than anyone else, but she's one of those people who you see die going into the new year and you're just like, "...Oh dear god," knowing that it has to be some kind of horrible omen.