Jarod Nandin, connu par les fans de World of Warcraft et de South Park sous le nom de « The South Park Guy » en raison de son cosplay mythique de la BlizzCon 2013 est malheureusement mort.
Comme l’explique Wowhead, Jarod Nandin est décédé après avoir contracté le COVID-19. Il a révélé son état initial avec ses amis et sa famille sur Twitter le 18 décembre, et après avoir été officiellement testé positif quelques jours plus tard, il est malheureusement décédé.
Depuis l’annonce, des fans de partout dans le monde ont tenu à lui rendre hommage:
Jarod Nandin was interview by @lizohanesian for the LA Weekly back in 2014 where he talks about his cosplay
“I thought if I took that character and made him human, meaning if I portrayed him, it would just be hilarious…” https://t.co/tuzhYFhjPM
— Cosplay in America (@cosplayamerica) January 3, 2021
The Blizzcon Cosplay community lost a friend to Covid today. Jarod Nandin was best known for his cosplay of The Warcraft South Park Guy but he was also an advocate for cosplay positivity and encouraged people to cosplay whatever they want. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/kDxcL8darY
— 🌟Little Sparkz🌟 (@LittleSparkzLFG) January 3, 2021
Today the @Warcraft & greater @Blizzard_Ent community lost one of it’s sweetest souls to Covid. Jarod Nandin aka @JarodNWBZPWNR was best known by his famous Blizzcon cosplay “That Which Has No Life” from the @SouthPark ep “Make Love Not Warcraft”… (cont) https://t.co/LGCWKUWD1R pic.twitter.com/Mx63iS4ivG
— Michele Morrow (@michelemorrow) January 3, 2021
rip to Jarod Nandin, a World of Warcraft and South Park icon, who lost his life to covid. may he roam Azeroth forever pic.twitter.com/zoH5Hk9bu7
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 4, 2021