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At 10/23/09 04:30 PM, TomFulp wrote: I like to think Ben would have found this amusing...

umm tom, in times like this we must mourn someone not really be that happy

R.I.P. well miss you, i hope when i die in afghanistan i would be remembered too

Sad times, we're losing artists left and right. I overheard my school cop saying this to a student getting expelled for drug usage: "Well, you fucked up, son. Ya fucked up good." That's all there is to it. He fucked up.

I didn't know the guy, and I didn't know anything about him. So I don't really care at all, but yeah, if you knew him then sorry for your loss.

We will all miss you Ben, no matter how much you messed up.

May You make Pimp's Quest 2 in Heaven o and Finish Stick SLayer Xl
i been on new grounds for about 6 years now and i rember playing Pimp's Quest as one of my first games on NewGrounds

may his Creativity spread around this world and bless us all as he was blessed with his Creativness
srry iam horrible with words

At 10/25/09 04:44 AM, DrkJkr wrote: May You make Pimp's Quest 2 in Heaven o and Finish Stick SLayer Xl
i been on new grounds for about 6 years now and i rember playing Pimp's Quest as one of my first games on NewGrounds

may his Creativity spread around this world and bless us all as he was blessed with his Creativness
srry iam horrible with words

btw theres no proof to back up on this rumor behind this "overdose"
so stfu if you show me a the Certification Of Death witch will state reason of death and it shows on that Offical document that he died of "overdose" then ill believe you tell then Stfu guys keep your put a diaper around ur face cuz all the shit is coming out

lets see some proof to back up what you have to say
cuz i read the first post says nothing of the sort
u need a adult diaper around your face
u lil flamer
its called respect for the dead
when somoen dies u dont talk shit about them cuz well
THERE DEAD THERE DONE THATS IT NOTHING
sad when kids like you pick on somone who cant even talk back
very pathetic

i cant wait to hear from your whiny responce

At 10/25/09 02:09 AM, PixelCake wrote:

At 10/25/09 02:02 AM, Aci6 wrote: Cause of death?

A bunch of people on a couple of pages said it was a heroin overdose; I don't know personally I'm just taking their word for it since no one is arguing against it as far as I can tell.

I guess Lost-Chances' post stands then. I can't understand why people want to take such shit when they fucking know the consequences.

Do you remember that memorial drawing? Here it is: Memorial drawing Remember I'm NOT breaking the rules of the AP!

At 10/23/09 04:37 PM, Stamper wrote: A memorial page is a great idea, actually. Something like this, right:

Username > Heroin
Username > Suicide
Username > Suicide
Username > Gunned Down by Cops
Username > Suicide
Username > Shot up School, then Suicide
Username > Shot up School, then Gunned Down by Cops
Username > Suicide

One of these days someone in Newgrounds has to die naturally
R.I.P Ben I'm going to give a five on all your flashes now.

RIP...did he accualy die? Cuz if yes im really sad :(

for those trolls out there,do not mock the dead.
for everyone else,rest in peace.may you have a wonderful afterlife...

R.IP. Ben :*(

pretty ironic? he made pimps quest and now dies from drugs?

I didn't know the guy behind the amazing flash series, but I did watch it quite a few years ago. Think it was 2004, hes the guy who got me into stick figure animations. Animation is behind me now but I love his series. RIP Ben.

At 10/25/09 05:00 AM, Aci6 wrote:

I guess Lost-Chances' post stands then. I can't understand why people want to take such shit when they fucking know the consequences.

Oh his Mum's NG page she says it was a heroin overdose.....RIP

At 10/24/09 01:10 AM, The-Evil-Daed wrote: Everyone, quit pretending like you give a shit.

Sure, it's kinda sad that he is no longer existing consciously, but this whole 'false sympathy' is bullshit. He was a dumbass for getting himself involved in drugs. Don't pretend like he was some hero, because I guarantee that he didn't have any kind of a following.

Go ahead and cry about it. I'm just telling the truth.

ooooohhh, look who's here, mister-i'm-the-most-awesome-and-correct-
guy-on-NG.
shut the fuck up, the guy was here since 2000 or so, and submitted some great flashes, and some of them were even recorded in NG's history.
how he died is IRRELEVANT, what really matters is that we lost a great animator. and yet you don't give a shit and say that we're doing this just to look nice. you never knew him to treat him this way, so fuck off, respect the dead.

now that i've said this, i'm sorry for Ben's mother for her loss.
may you rest in peace, Ben. Pimp's Quest was a classic.

From one Ben to another, RIP

Anybody who subjected themselves to drug uses, especially heroine, and die deserves no sympathy, no matter how artistic he may have been.

I agree with a lot of the posters. Poor guy, was fairly young too.

R.i.p Ben.

we hardly knew ye

How'd he die?

At 10/24/09 12:18 AM, fuzzum111 wrote: what killed him?

At 10/24/09 04:06 PM, Fautzo wrote: how did he die?

At 10/25/09 11:35 AM, SecretAssassin241 wrote: How'd he die?

At 10/24/09 04:28 PM, Doctoroliver wrote:

At 10/24/09 10:58 AM, SkeletonIncubuS wrote: Ben Spurgin and Bradley Nowell ... two great guys i know that died of heroine ,
R.I.P. Ben Spurgin
Bradley Nowell

Who is Bradley Nowell? oh BTW, I'll submit a drawing in Spurgin's memory tomorrow...

At 10/24/09 03:16 PM, Magik-Waffle wrote: How'd he die?

If you are a total idiot, just drop your keyboard and walk the fuck away from this thread right fucking now.

Recquisat in Pace.

man that sucks the guy looked pretty young too
drugs are bad

R.I.P

Well thats a shame, I hope which ever after life he ended up in treats him like a king.

At 10/23/09 04:37 PM, Stamper wrote: A memorial page is a great idea, actually. Something like this, right:

Username > Heroin
Username > Suicide
Username > Suicide
Username > Gunned Down by Cops
Username > Suicide
Username > Shot up School, then Suicide
Username > Shot up School, then Gunned Down by Cops
Username > Suicide

Well, could we at LEAST memorialise the ones who didn't get into a school shooting or a gunfight with cops before they offed themselves? That's the decent way to go, after all. (not being sarcastic, even though it might sound like sarcasm right there...)

R.I.P., Ben. You were about to turn the same age as me in another week or so... I lost my best friend *(and his mom/brother to a drunk driver) when I was in 7th grade, so it's not like death of a peer is something I haven't experienced before, but... it's always unsettling when the people near your age (or younger) start to drop. I didn't know Ben, but I saw a few of his flashes way back in 2001-2003ish... really sucks that so many artists from the past 10 years of NG history are already gone, and here's another one to add to the list.

Deep cliched shit: Birth's a mystery. Death's just something we have to deal with, of course. Living's that awkward thing in between.

:::drinks more coffee:::

At 10/23/09 06:31 PM, sucho wrote: i love newgrounds' sense of community. the rise and downfall of many a artist is documented with these posts, where anyone can add their two cents, usually in either blind support or senseless indignation. its a continual reminder that real people run this site through and through, and in the end we're all just flitting by to get a bid of attention.

Well... some of us want attention, others just want to share in some company with fellow weirdos. I suppose part of sharing the company of people like you is... getting attention from them, but you also give attention back to them.

But yes, if you want to be reductive, it's all one big attention-whoring circlejerk, to be cynical about it.

But I challenge you to find a website with ways for its members to communicate that ISN'T, so... yeah. NG. Rock on. #;-}>

i'm actually writing up a goodbye doc for someone to post on my page when i'm gone

Do you expect to be gone soon, or is that a "just in case" LastWillAndTestament-ish type preparation you're taking?

R.I.P. He was a really talented artist.
Reality( stuff happens)

He was a cool guy

RIP Ben
There are certainly more bitter deaths than to die by an opiate overdose.

I would love to have a memorial page...even if it might seem kinda morbid to outsiders.

LOL