RIP Ben 'Bushing' Byer

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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.

:arrow:https://fail0verflow.com/ben
:arrow:https://hackmii.com/ben
:arrow:http://wiibrew.org
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Came to pay my respects.


-Thanks for making Wii gaming more awesome and helping to further cement it as my favorite Nintendo console. My condolences to his family. Not sure of an appropriate emoji but holding up a Wii remote in his honor seems fitting... :yaywii:
 

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He was the nicest and most helpful console hacker I've "met", without him and his buddies, the Wii hacking and homebrew scene would not have been where it is now. The Homebrew Channel and libogc are a testimony to how talented he was.

If his friends or his family ever read this thread, know that despite GBATemp being sometime a stupid and selfish community, "Bushing" always has been a very appreciated and respected guy here, and will be remembered for his kindness and his patience to teach others with his knowledge.
 

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Such a shame to lose such a great mind at such a young age. I never got to talk to him nor did I know him personally, but I (and just about all of us) know him as the guy who shaped the Wii modding community and many others into what they are today. My condolences go out to all his friends and family at this tough time for them. I honestly cannot express how grateful I am for all the work he's done over all these years to make all of our Wii's that little bit more special. I'd like to think that all our modded Wii's are bushing's legacy, and that each of them will always have a little piece of him inside.

Rest in peace, bushing. May you have a peaceful rest, knowing that you will always be missed by many.

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I'm just curious on the "Natural causes" determination cause he was very young RIP

there is nothig to be curious about. the cause of his death is none of our buisness. he died naturaly, maybe he had a terminal illness, maybe it was a sudden death, like a stroke or heart failure. there are allot of ways to die naturaly at this age.

RIP and thanks for all the Wii stuff.
 
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