Ben Byer
1980 – 2016​

Ben "Bushing" Byer was part of fail0verflow, iPhone Dev Team, and Team Twiizers. He died, age 35, from natural causes on Monday Feb 8th.

Ben sadly passed of a heart attack.

https://fail0verflow.com/ben
https://hackmii.com/ben
http://wiibrew.org
http://wiiubrew.org

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Death sucks. RIP dude.

 

[KiiWii]

RIP Bushing.

 

[Damian666]

rest in piece man...

damn that's young >.<

 

[hollowtip]

Did he have a preexisting condition?

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

35? Natural Causes? whaat? Something is not adding up here...

still it's a damn shame.....damn shame..

 

[Erich Moraga]

Yeah, natural cause? Suspicious...

 

[tbb043]

How does a 35 year old die of natural causes? In any event, that's way too young. Condolences to his friends & family.

 

[Dylon99]

here you go:

That was actually so interesting and fun to listen to, mainly because I didn't really understand how they hacked the Wii. There was such an awkward atmosphere . Rest in peace Ben.

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

Res in peace, thanks ben.

 

[marcan_troll]

Natural causes doesn't mean what you think it means.

 

[Aurora Wright]

This made me sad... I remember joking with him on an IRC channel when Sony sued all of the f0f members with their nicknames, even though his name could easily be googled.
RIP.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

This saddens me to hear this news. Although I only spoke with bushing a few short times on IRC, he was very pleasant and helpful. Homebrew being available for the wii is what first got me interested, so I wouldn't have developed a good %80 of my technical skills if it wasn't for bushing and marcan's efforts with hacking and homebrew.

@marcan_troll If there is a place where we can send flowers for his family, or a charity that I can donate to in his name then please let me know. I am sorry for your loss.

 

[dpad_5678]

Me and my Wii thank him.

 

[Reecey]

RIP, so sad at 35! Such a waste of obviously a very intelligent and gifted individual. It would be just as sad if any of those guys went the same way cause without them where would we be? we certainly would not have the highs and lows of hacking!!! and that goes for the guys that work on the wiiu exploits as well I'm sure they all know each other in life anyway.

 

[DaRk_ViVi]

So sad to hear this news. I've never talked to him but he was the "face" of the Wii Hacking Scene.
RIP Ben

 

[tech3475]

Holy ****, I think it's fair to say allot of people here owed this guy (myself included) along with his fellow team members.

RIP.

 

[Foxi4]

The brightest candles go out twice as fast, it is a huge loss to the hacking world - we have loads to thank Bushing for. May the earth rest lightly on him, my condolences go to his friends and family.

 

[Knight of Time]

I never really heard of the guy, but it definitely saddens me when we lose someone in the hacking community. RIP.

 

[GalladeGuy]

Rest in piece.
You will be forever remembered.

 

[pwsincd]

God bless your family , such sad news , the hacking scene is irrelevent . A young man died sad times... my site is closed in mourning for you sir..

edit : no your right foez.