Death of George Rodriguez

Death of George Rodriguez
The only known real life photo of Rodriguez, who already graduated high school at that date. "you were an amazing friend and a sweet heart." — yoshiyoshi700
Born: Apr 6, 2001 Died: Sep 2, 2020 (age 19) Cause: Unknown

George Rodriguez (6.Apr 2001 - 2.Sep 2020), better known by his account name wildside7801 was a Sonic artist from North Carolina, United States. He makes Sonic-related art on Twitter and DeviantArt (WildsideART). Rodriguez also has a YouTube gaming account called Wildside Games.

Rodriguez' career was known to start at October 2017 when he was 16 and made a Twitter account. He mainly draws art for his Sonic OC hedgehog wolf, Slash. Slash's girlfriend is Abby, who is a beaver.

Death

Rodriguez died on the morning of September 2, 2020 for unknown reasons. Two days later, Houston Stafford posted a tweet about his death as it says:

"@wildside7801 George Rodriguez did not wake up with the rest of us on Wednesday September 2, 2020.

A 10AM grave side service will be held at Forsyth Memorial park Tuesday September 8th, 2020.

In lieu of donations please pay it forward and do something nice for someone."

It was quickly heard by Rodriguez' friends and fans. SPOOKIEHedgieCreator, CruzerBlade, Liam7, yoshiyoshi700, Spooky Shino, Conikku and more posted tribute to Rodriguez.

Aftermath

Collection of fan tributes for Rodriguez.

On September 6, 2020, his mother or father of Rodriguez used his account by posing the tweet as it says:

"Just know my son is in a better place cause he was truly an angel. Thanks for all the love you guys have shown and I am honored to call him my son.... if anyone is in Winston-Salem we are having a grave side service Tuesday at 10 at Forsyth Memorial Park"

Two days later, a funeral was held at Forsyth Memorial park starting at 10:00 a.m.

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