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Edward Duncan Ernest "Edd" Gould was the animator of Asdfmovie2 and asdfmite (marmite is terrible), and also was the voice of the Ryan. He died on March 25, 2012 from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Life[]

Edd Gould was born on October 28, 1988, in Isleworth, England to mother Sue Gould and father Duncan Gould. he has a sister named Vicky and a brother named George.

Edd met Matt Hargreaves in primary school. The two were both bullied, but they loved drawing.

Edd began drawing comics as early as secondary school. Later on, Edd started using an animated gif maker to make gifs about various things like "stickmen dying and farts". However, when Edd finally found a site to post the gifs on (sfdt.com), he discovered they were only accepting flash entries. Edd decided to search for some flash entries and came across one titled Agent smiley, and he got Macromedia Flash MX on November 7, 2002 as a result. Edd Would go on to meet other people online, like Thomas Ridgewell and Tord Larsson. Edd would also continue to do whatever he thought was an "improvement" to his artstyle. and have them be part of his team.

On January 30, 2006, Edd revealed he had been diagnosed with leukemia. He had gotten over it, before he was diagnosed with it again. This was revealed April 16, 2011, in the video, "Edd vs Cancer". In this video, Tom, Matt and himself discussed the diagnosis, and the future of "Hammer and Fail" and comics. They joke several times in the video, possibly to kill the mood.

The Real Edd appeared at the end of the short "Fan Service", letting EddHeads know that his next project would take a while to make because of his cancer treatment. He also announced that a number of Eddsworld T-Shirts were available at the SharkRobot store.

Death[]

On Sunday, March 25, 2012, Edd gould passed away after a six-year-battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Thomas Ridgewell and Matt Hargreaves announced Edd's passing on Youtube through the video RIP Edd Gould (1988-2012) (uploaded on March 27, 2012 at 23:08 (UTC)) and a tweet linking to it was posted to Gould's Twitter account (three minutes after the video's upload).

Gould suddenly got sick when he was at home. He was watching Doctor Who at the time (an episode that was"funny"), and he got taken into hospital, where things got really bad really fast and the doctors were telling Gould's mother that "he was done". They were going to give him a week. Ridgewell explained, "his body just kind of freaked out and he slipped away really, really quickly".

Eddsworld was spotlighted by Youtube on March 30 and many people, including popular Newgrounds users and YouTubers, have voiced their condolences. Several people posted animations, claymations, and pictures in tribute to Gould.

Gould's funeral took place on Tuesday, April, 10, 2012.

A Share of Edd's ashes were given to Matt and Tom. Edds family buried theirs on Edd's 24th Birthday, however, Matt spread his share near the Hollywood sign. [Tomska's Day Out 6] and Tom put his in a box-like urn, with a black and white image of Edd and tom on it. [Last Week I Saw a Mermaid]

RIP Edd Gould (1988-2012) Transcript[]

  • Matt: Hey Eddheads. (pause) We have some bad news.
  • Tom: On the morning of Sunday, 25 March, 2012, Edd Gould passed away after a six-year long battle with cancer.
  • Matt: Edd was taken into hospital with a fever, but he was very weak from the fight and his body just... gave up.
  • Tom: His mind, however, was so far from ready to quit. He really had no idea this was the end of his fight, So he left us without any fear. He wasn't afraid at all.
  • Matt: Edd always just saw this as an inconvenience, something that got in the way of him doing what he really loved to do. and that Was making animations for all of you.
  • Tom: It sounds cliched, but that's really all Edd cared about. We watched him turn down a lot of business opportunities, work, and even the chance to have a TV show a couple of times, because he knew it would drive away from him, you, and the show. We won't go into the future of Eddsworld right now, But what i can tell you is that Edd left behind the first half of the next Eddisode (a two-parter). What i can promise you is that and the second half.
  • Matt: We've been overwhelmed by the amount of support Edd received online and through the mail. On Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, especially Tumblr, DeviantArt, Vokle, Newgrounds, B3ta, even the Eddsworld forums. The list just goes on. It's been... amazing.
  • Tom: We, the friends and family of Edd, would like to take this moment to thanks you for keeping him company and keeping him strong for all the months he's been in hospital. Thanks You.
  • Matt: His legacy, though, will live. Through the hours of animation he's created and the thousands of people he's inspired and befriended... Including us.
  • Tom: Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning.

Edd's Accounts[]

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