Team Fortress 2’s Soldier voice actor has handed away with coronavirus

Rick May, the voice of Team Fortress 2’s Soldier, has died after contracting Covid-19 virus. He was 79. He voiced a number of game characters in his profession, notably Peppy Hare within the Starfox games, however he was finest generally known as the growly, rocket-toting navy man in Valve’s on-line shooter.

His passing was reported by Rekindle School, an arts school in Seattle the place he was instructing till February earlier than affected by a stroke. He’s thought to have contracted the Covid-19 virus whereas he was rehabilitating in a nursing dwelling in Sweden. He was moved to a hospital, however in the end handed away.

I performed a lot Team Fortress 2 that his voice was a nightly companion for a lot of my life. Some of my fondest ideas of TF2 are soundtrack by his splendidly foolish takes on the Soldier’s navy barks. No-one might drop a “maggot” just like the Soldier might. He made that phrase his personal. The “Meet The… Soldier” video is an prolonged joke that’s fantastically advised and serves as a becoming tribute to his work.

I’m not the one one shocked by this. There have been quite a few tributes to the person on Twitter and Steam, however my favorite was by way of a Reddit video of a server performing a navy send-off. There can’t be many individuals on the market the place such a tribute can be acceptable, however that is good.

GOD SPEED YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD from r/tf2

He can be missed.