Monty Oum, who was just hitting the big time in his career with his originally web based anime series RWBY (which was recently released on Netflix and had DVD distributions), died on February 1, 2015 (a week ago today), due to a severe allergic reaction during a routine medical procedure at the age of 33. His funeral was yesterday. He is survived by Sheena Duquette, his newlywed wife of eight and a half months.
RIP Monty.