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Legendary Sound Designer Jory Prum Passes Away At 41 (designingsound.org)

New submitter loren writes: It is with much sadness that I report that legendary sound designer Jory K. Prum, who worked on more than 120 video game titles, passed away April 22, 2016, at age 41, from injuries suffered in a March traffic accident. (Disclaimer: I am a long time friend of Jory and his family.) Here are some personal recollections from family, friends and colleagues... Also, a list of his game credits are on MobyGames. This post doesn't do him justice, but I found news of his loss conspicuously absent on Slashdot.
Back in 2006 a Slashdot article about the game Bone apparently drew a comment from Jory himself ("Funny, I'm recording the dialog for Bone 2 right as I read this!") and in 2004 the same account weighed in on an article about long hours at Electronic Arts. Wikipedia also reports that in 2001 Jory created a voice for Pixar's Oscar-winning short "For the Birds," and in 2014 recovered the aging audio for the classic point-and-click adventure game Grim Fandango.

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  1. Tragic and young. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Im sorry for your loss bud. It's always painful when someone you know dies in such a way. Don't let these unknown basement dwelling neckbeards spewing their misdirected hate ruin your memorial. May he rest in peace.

  2. Re:LEGENDARY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The irony in your statement makes this even better, given that you also are a nobody.

  3. Re:Passed Away by Pennidren · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, such a strange Americanism - despite the phrase originating around the 13th century!