Dadbolt/Derek

[TW: death]


Hey everyone,

I don't know what to really say, or even if it's the right way to go about it, but I know a lot of you on Chorus knew Dadbolt/Derek and interacted with him in the A1 threads, music and entertainment forum, and occasionally the politics forum. Unfortunately, Derek passed away last night.

Derek and I met on here and became really good friends over the last few years and I know others here have as well. Please reach out if you need to talk.

 

What?!?! Oh my God. I don't even know what to say. One of the few people from AP/Chorus that I've actually kicked it with irl. This is devastating.

 

We only ever interacted a bit in the forums, but that's terrible to hear. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

 

Speechless.

 

I needed a place to stay one time and he offered up his place. Hadnt met him before that. Great guy. This is terrible. ❤️

 

I only hope he enjoyed the bottle of A1 that I gifted him when he visited.

This fucking sucks.

 

Holy shit. Laura and I are absolutely devastated. He was one of the first people I met from here, and Laura's first friend in Texas. Always a blast to spend time with and such a caring person. I really wish I knew what to say, I miss him so damn much.

Thank you for letting us know @dylan . We love you and if there's anything we can do for you or for the rest of his friends or his family let us know. And if anyone here needs anything please don't hesitate to reach out. We can be messes together

 

I love Derek, was always good for a laugh and always good for a heart to heart. I can't believe this. I will miss him big time.

 

I'm gonna respect the fact that he was self depreciating and low key and would absolutely hate a flowery tribute

 

This sucks so much. I hadn't spoken with him for like a year but I kept thinking I should reach out to him and I never did. Fuck

 

This is just awful. He became a true friend. I just snapchatted him earlier today. I'm stunned.

 

Damn. RIP to a real one.

 

i don't even know what to say. this is terrible. he just made fun of me on IG like 2 weeks ago. i always appreciated his humor. i'm so sorry for those who knew him far better than i did.

 

I am absolutely devastated. I wish I would've made more of an effort to talk to him.

 

Been crying a lot the last day and a half.

Derek was one of the first ones on here to make me feel welcomed and introduced me to so many of you. I don’t think I would’ve stayed on this forum in the beginning without him being around.

So many good memories of playing D&D, destiny, just bullshitting with him. He pep talked me the night I met my wife for the first time. I’m just so incredibly heartbroken.

I’m so sad Covid canceled my Texas trip because I was trying to hang out with him while I was around.

 

Derek and I used to voice chat while cooking separately-together and talked about a lot of heavy shit. This is sort of unbelievable. It’s finally hitting now

 

He was such a great person to talk to. I'm someone who never reaches out to anyone but the number of times he called me and talked me through a problem I was having is maybe more than anyone else I know

 

Heartbroken. Derek was an important part of a very rough patch in my life a handful of years ago, even when things were bad I knew I always had our little nightly gaming and bullshitting sessions to look forward to and have him make me laugh and just take my mind off things for a while. I'm not a super talkative guy but he always made me feel at ease. Rest in peace buddy, you're going to be deeply missed.

 

wasn’t lucky enough to meet him in person but I’ll always be grateful for our long distance friendship
RIP Derek

this is mad btw I lost my password to my old account

 

Speechless and so fucking sad. Derek was there for me whenever I needed to chat, such a supportive, wonderful person. If there’s anything I can do for his family and friends, please let me know. Heartbroken

 

Here's 12 pages of Derek dunking on me if you want a laugh.

https://forum.chorus.fm/search/748358/?q=dan&o=relevance&c[user][0]=237


Have teared up a few times thinking of him today. I can't fucking believe this.

 

nobody will ever make fun of my love for star wars the way derek did.

 

Oh fuck. Only interacted with him a few times/read his posts on here, but he seemed cool as shit. Thats so depressing. Hope all of you that had connected with him
More are okay.

 

I miss you so much, D. completely beside myself. my thoughts are with his family right now. I still can't believe it. I'm just devastated

 

I don't even know what to say. I was just thinking about him randomly the other day. I'm shocked and sad. Hope Soph and the rest of his family is doing okay.