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| Erik Cassel | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1967 |
| Died | February 11, 2013 San Francisco, California |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Other names | erik.cassel (on Roblox) |
| Known for | Co-founding Roblox with David Baszucki. |
Erik Cassel (December 16, 1967 – February 11, 2013), known on the platform as erik.cassel, was a co-founder, administrator and former VP of Engineering on Roblox. He was fairly active on the website but rarely played any games.
Death
On February 11, 2013, the Roblox staff stated on the Roblox Twitter account that Erik Cassel had "lost his fight with cancer" earlier in the day at age of 45. An roblox staff member named Keith confirmed it in the late hours in a forum post. A blog post was then created later in the day.
Memorial
On February 12, 2013, hundreds of users gathered in the Erik Cassel Memorial to mourn the death of Erik Cassel. Many of these people dressed up as Erik Cassel's character to pay tribute to him. On February 15, 2013, Roblox created a shirt named "Offical Erik Shirt" in memory of Erik.cassel. The shirt went off sale 8 days later. Also in memory of Erik Cassel, Roblox changed the name of a hat formerly known as "Well Worn Hat" to "Erik Cassel’s Hat" in memory of Erik, and put it on-sale for a short time. Roblox then changed the two items' descriptions to the following:
- "To honor our co-founder Erik Cassel, Roblox will make a substantial contribution to cancer research in Erik's name. Thank you to everyone for your respect and support."
External links
- Erik Cassel on Twitter.