In Memoriam 2019
On this page we pay tribute to all the people who worked or participated in the world of video games and passed away in 2019.
You will view people by the year they died, remembering a little more about their work and their importance in the history of games.
Nobuyuki Onogi
Nobuyuki Onogi was a composer and sound programmer who worked for Namco and, together with Fukashi Omorita, was responsible for the audio of several of the company's games.
In 1985, he left Namco and began working as a freelancer for Masanobu Endo's Game Studio company.
In 1994, Onogi stopped working with games.
He passed away on November 11, 2019.
Steve Bak
Steve Bak was a programmer, best known for his work in the 1980s for the Atari ST.
He also worked on games such as James Pond, Rolo and Spot goes to the Hollywood.
He sadly passed away on February 6, 2019 due to diabetes.
Craig Goodman
Craig Goodman was a graphic artist, working on important Insomniac Games titles such as Ratchet & Clank, Sunset Overdrive and Spider-Man.
He sadly passed away on October 14, 2019 due to brain cancer.
Rémi Gazel
Rémi Gazel was a composer who became famous for the soundtrack of the game Rayman.
He passed away on May 26, 2019 after years of battling cancer.