Team Fortress 2 Voice Actor Rick May has died

<p>Team Fortress 2 voice actor Rick May passed after contracting COVID-19 at the age of 79&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;classesandworkshops&period;com&sol;in-memory-of-rick-may&sol;">Rekindle School<&sol;a> in Seattle&comma; Washington&comma; where May had worked as a teacher&comma; had announced his passing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Team Fortress 2 VA Rick May Died<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;156824" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-156824" style&equals;"width&colon; 194px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;156824"><img class&equals;"wp-image-156824 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;14180524&sol;Solider&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rick May voiced Soldier in Team Fortress 2" width&equals;"194" height&equals;"259" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-156824" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">R&period;I&period;P&period; Rick May<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Gamers and fans alike might recognize May as the voice behind such characters like the Soldier in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;team-fortress-2-updates-mechastyle&sol;">Team Fortress 2<&sol;a>&comma; and his work in other notable titles such as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;do-a-barrel-roll-in-3d-star-fox-64-3d-review&sol;">Star Fox 64<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;thrifty-thievery-sly-cooper-collection-review&sol;">Sly 3&colon; Honour among Thieves<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;age-empires-definitive-edition-still-holds-sort&sol;">Age of Empires 2<&sol;a>&period; One of May&&num;8217&semi;s most notable lines in Star Fox 64 was the role of Peppy Hare&period; Peppy remains in the gaming hall of memes for the iconic line &&num;8216&semi;Do a barrel roll&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Voice actors and gamers pay their respects for Rick May on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;getFANDOM&sol;status&sol;1249819445469384704&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Etweetembed&percnt;7Ctwterm&percnt;5E1249819445469384704&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;pcgamer&period;com&percnt;2Frick-may-voice-of-the-soldier-in-team-fortress-2-dies&percnt;2F">Twitter<&sol;a>&comma; whilst an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;DBlackjack21&sol;status&sol;1249819201600192514&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Etweetembed&percnt;7Ctwterm&percnt;5E1249819201600192514&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;pcgamer&period;com&percnt;2Frick-may-voice-of-the-soldier-in-team-fortress-2-dies&percnt;2F">entire server<&sol;a> has gathered in memory of May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I met him over thirty years ago and while we weren’t the socializing type of pals we always enjoyed running into each other at a gig or audition&period; Every recording session with him was always laugh-filled&period; Yet when the lights went down or the engineer said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;rolling&&num;8217&semi; he was the consummate professional&period; He worked hard to get it right and we could always depend on him to deliver&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Fellow Team Fortress 2 voice actor&comma; John Patrick Lowrie&comma; spoke of May in a eulogy <a class&equals;"hawk-link-parsed" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;johnpatricklowrie&sol;posts&sol;3695585787179521" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">on Facebook<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans also have made a special tribute video for the late Rick May&period; This video shows just how much the TF2 community respects the Soldier&period; Of course&comma; there is an epic rendition of Rocket Jump Waltz to accompany this tribute as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"95jxTAKAb2Q" title&equals;"Farewell - Tribute to Rick May"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;95jxTAKAb2Q"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;95jxTAKAb2Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Farewell - Tribute to Rick May"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May&&num;8217&semi;s work as Soldier in Team Fortress 2 became popular among fans&period; In 2011&comma; <a class&equals;"hawk-link-parsed" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;teamfortress&period;com&sol;bombinomicon&sol;&quest;p&equals;9" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">TF2&&num;8217&semi;s digital comics<&sol;a> explored the roommate relationship between the Soldier and Merasmus&comma; a boss character that players could fight in the fourth &&num;8216&semi;Scream Fortress&&num;8217&semi; seasonal event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May suffered a stroke in February&period; May moved to a nursing home where he had contracted the virus&period; Fans will remember his witty voice behind many iconic characters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;