Goodbye My Friend
By Collin Maessen on commentVentures Into Scepticism
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Video description
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Update 1
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The past few days I've been in contact with Rhysz family and close ones. They reached out to me to send a message to his online friends.
They have been touched by all the expressions of grief and support after Rhysz sudden death. To recognise the big part his online friends played in his life the family has started a memorial website:
https://sites.google.com/site/berendinmemoriambrouwer/
This will give his online friends the possibility to say their goodbyes. Everyone can send in their stories, quotes, pictures and videos for inclusion on the site. You can send in your material via Gmail or YouTube:
berend.inmemoriam@gmail.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/CollinMaessen
To further give his online friends the ability to say their goodbyes the family intends to stream the service. However at this time it is not known if they will be able to do so, please keep an eye on the website for updates on this. If I hear something I will spread it as soon as possible.
Collin
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Original description:
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On Monday a friend contacted me, saying she couldn't reach one of my friends any more. I started asking around if anybody had heard from him. But nobody had talked to him recently. It spurred me to reach out to him via chat, texting and I even left a voice message.
When I hadn't heard from him the next day I really started to worry, it was just to atypical. I called the police to ask if they could visit him to see if he was fine. Within hours, when I just had gone to bed, the doorbell rang. It was the police with the news that they had found him dead in his apartment. He died from natural causes and was just 33 years old.
The past 24 hours have been insane. From helping the police contact his family to telling friends the news. I'm still processing all this, it's just to surreal.
Rhysz, you will be missed.
Transcript
On Monday a friend contacted me, saying she couldn't reach one of my friends any more. I started asking around if anybody had heard from him. But nobody had talked to him recently. It spurred me to reach out to him via chat, texting and I even left a voice message.
When I hadn't heard from him the next day I really started to worry, it was just to atypical. I called the police to ask if they could visit him to see if he was fine. Within hours, when I just had gone to bed, the doorbell rang. It was the police with the news that they had found him dead in his apartment. He died from natural causes and was just 33 years old.
The past 24 hours have been insane. From helping the police contact his family to telling friends the news. I'm still processing all this, it's just to surreal.
Rhysz, you will be missed.
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