edd gould
A British animator, artist, and voice actor. He was best known for creating Eddsworld, a media franchise consisting of flash animations and web comics featuring fictionalized versions of himself and longtime collaborators Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell, Matt Hargreaves, Tord Larsson, among others.
He passed away on March 25th, 2012, following a six-year long battle with leukemia. His show, Eddsworld, continued on with other creators taking over his position as showrunner, such as the aforementioned TomSka, as well as Matt Hargreaves, who still runs the show to this day.