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Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:58 pm
by Gendo
Brandon passed away on October 3rd. [sad]

I don't know the specific cause; though he had some health issues a couple months ago.

He was a big member of our community throughout all the different versions of this little group; going back to our origins at IMDB. He will he missed.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:06 pm
by Raxivace
Jesus, that's terrible news.

I didn't know him too well myself but he was still one of the first people here when I joined. RIP.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:12 pm
by aels
Hi everyone

I stayed away from the board after Brandon and I broke up because I wanted to give him some space but we remained friends and stayed in touch on Facebook. I got a message from his brother a few months back saying that he had suffered a couple of strokes and was in the process of recovery. I didn't hear any more and assumed that no news was good news. I found out otherwise from Gendo today.

He was a gun-toting, baby-stealing, weed-smoking pig farmer with a secret heart of gold and I loved him very much. I can't believe we're never going to hear from him again.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:01 pm
by Monk
This is terrible to hear. I'm shocked and saddened. Thank you both for delivering the news .

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:25 pm
by OurGloriousLeader
Thanks for letting us know. RIP to the rare libertarian who didn't hate other races.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:41 am
by BruceSmith78
Well fuck. That's awful. I had a dream about him the other night, although I don't remember the context of it, and I don't even remember if it was before or after I saw DA's post asking about him.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:14 am
by phe_de
Sad news.
RIP

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:31 am
by maz89
May he rest in peace.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:00 am
by Anakin McFly
Oh man. :( I'll miss him.

Thanks for letting us know, Gendo and aels.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:02 pm
by Islandmur
Once again I havent' fully digested this news yet and I still keep thinking about who is going to care for his neices now.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:19 pm
by Pope Bucky
I don't have any Waylon Jennings in my music collection, but whenever I play Johnny Cash, I think of Brandon.

Never met face to face or had private convos like some of you had, but he was a good guy who I considered a friend.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:32 pm
by Derived Absurdity
Wow, that sucks. RIP. I'm sorry, aels.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:36 am
by Cassius Clay
I was afraid this news was coming. I really liked Brandon...hope his niece and her kid(kids?) are okay.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:58 am
by Eva Yojimbo
Man, I'm just in shock. RIP, and condolences to his friends/family. Cash and I didn't personally cross paths much, but I always loved reading his posts on IMDb. I loved how he could go in-depth knowledge one post, and in the next be so acerbic. I'll never forget the one compliment he gave me ages ago... probably because coming from an ostensible curmudgeon like him, it meant a lot.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:49 pm
by Cassius Clay
It's really cool to see some of the long lost posters come back to digitally pay their respects...so to speak.

Cash was a major part of what remained of this little community and I'm really now feeling his absence...knowing he's not coming back.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:23 pm
by Boomer
I remember Cash being the one who extended me the invite to the first private board all those years ago when the IMDB board was getting infested with trolls.

I can't say we were close, but I always liked him.

Sad, sad news.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:01 pm
by aels
Cassius Clay wrote:It's really cool to see some of the long lost posters come back to digitally pay their respects...so to speak.

Cash was a major part of what remained of this little community and I'm really now feeling his absence...knowing he's not coming back.
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that I won't ever speak to him again. I joined the RFS board ten years ago and I know a lot of posters went ever further back with him. It's a lot to adjust to. I agree though, it's nice to see some old faces again [love4]

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:01 pm
by RandallFlagg
Terrible news, I too will miss our very own gun-toting, backwoods Randy Marsh. My thoughts, paltry and inconsequential as they are, are with his family and those of you who were especially close to him.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:00 pm
by Cassius Clay
aels wrote:
Cassius Clay wrote:It's really cool to see some of the long lost posters come back to digitally pay their respects...so to speak.

Cash was a major part of what remained of this little community and I'm really now feeling his absence...knowing he's not coming back.
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that I won't ever speak to him again. I joined the RFS board ten years ago and I know a lot of posters went ever further back with him. It's a lot to adjust to. I agree though, it's nice to see some old faces again [love4]
I joined RFS in 2009 I think. I didn't know Cash that well(tho I'd like to think I had a good sense of his character and personality), so it's crazy to reflect on the fact that I had known him for almost a decade. Where did the time go?

I've had that Annie Lennox song on my mind.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:12 pm
by Derived Absurdity
IMDB says I joined in 2010. I don't think I started posting until later. Cash and I disliked each other pretty much immediately, iirc. He was my arch-nemesis ever since and we only started warming up a bit fairly recently when we took turns making fun of stupid people on the RFS board. For a while the RFS board (and the later ones) were the only group of people I talked to with any regularity, and he was probably the most major part of them since the beginning. I agree, it's a lot to adjust to.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:48 pm
by Gendo
While I can understand the reasons for alerting the IMDB2 board of this news; I personally wouldn't have done it; or only done it through individual PMs to specific people who would care. The majority of people over there are new posters who don't know him, and most of the rest are asshole trolls that drove us out of IMDB in the first place. They didn't need to know.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:58 pm
by aels
The thought of people being assholes about it is extremely upsetting and I would have greatly preferred it if the wrong people hadn't known about it. Did anyone expect people who hated Brandon to be super awesome and respectful of his death? For fuck's sake.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:19 pm
by Cassius Clay
I think there are folks over there that still regularly spy on this board(hi marv and vegas [wave]), so Cine was prolly thinking it would have gotten out anyway...and might as well take control of the narrative.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:50 pm
by Cassius Clay
Derived Absurdity wrote:IMDB says I joined in 2010. I don't think I started posting until later. Cash and I disliked each other pretty much immediately, iirc. He was my arch-nemesis ever since and we only started warming up a bit fairly recently when we took turns making fun of stupid people on the RFS board. For a while the RFS board (and the later ones) were the only group of people I talked to with any regularity, and he was probably the most major part of them since the beginning. I agree, it's a lot to adjust to.
And I remember your fights with him, which I used to get in between, knowing you two were more similar than you realized. You were like a younger (less wise) version of Cash..so it was kinda funny to watch. When you two finally started getting along a couple years ago, you made a pretty good duo on RFS.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 9:55 pm
by Monk
Cassius Clay wrote:I think there are folks over there that still regularly spy on this board(hi marv and vegas [wave]), so Cine was prolly thinking it would have gotten out anyway...and might as well take control of the narrative.
Probably this.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:52 pm
by Monk
I went over and looked at IMDB2.0 and didn't really see the negative comments? Maybe they were deleted?

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:36 pm
by phe_de
Monk wrote:I went over and looked at IMDB2.0 and didn't really see the negative comments? Maybe they were deleted?
Yes and yes.
There were really nasty comments that are now gone.

Re: Sad news regarding Cash (AKA Brandon)

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:48 am
by Gendo
Happy birthday, Brandon… [sad]