Erik Cassel
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Erik Cassel | |
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 Erik Cassel in 2013 | |
| Born | Erik S. Cassel December 16th, 1967 Los Angeles |
| Died | February 11th, 2013 San Francisco |
| Years active | 1991-2013 |
| Known for | Co-founder of Roblox |
| Title | Former VP of Engineering |
| Children | 2 |
Erik S. Cassel (December 16th, 1967 – February 11th, 2013), [aged 45]), known on the platform as erik.cassel, was a co-founder, administrator and former VP of Engineering on Roblox. He was fairly active on the website but rarely visited any experiences. Erik passed away at the age of 45 on February 11th, 2013.
Death
[change | change source]On February 11th, 2013, the Roblox staff stated on the Roblox Twitter account that Erik Cassel had "lost his fight with cancer" earlier in the day at the age of 45. Keith confirmed it in the late hours in a forum post. A blog post was then created later in the day.
Memorial
[change | change source]On February 12th, 2013, hundreds of users gathered in the Erik Cassel Memorial to mourn the death of Erik Cassel. Many of these people dressed up as Erik Cassel's character to pay tribute to him. On February 15th, 2013, Roblox created a classic shirt named "Official Erik Shirt" in memory of Erik.cassel. The shirt went off sale 8 days later. Also in memory of Erik Cassel, Roblox changed the name of a hat formerly known as "Well Worn Hat" to "Erik Cassel's Hat" and put it on-sale for a short time. Roblox then changed the two items' descriptions to the following:
- "To honor our co-founder Erik Cassel, Roblox will make a substantial contribution to cancer research in Erik's name. Thank you to everyone for your respect and support."
Unknown activity
[change | change source]In May 2014, erik.cassel was online, shocking many users. Some said that he was hacked by an unknown user, and others said his younger brother or his sons were using his account. His kids using the account is generally the accepted explanation. On October 8th, 2023, the account was seen online again, due to a glitch that made more old accounts being seen as online.