(L.A.) Ronnie Edwards Jr., 25, Ended His Life

Case Number: 2018-05074

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 25-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a an unspecified place.

The coroner’s office has identified the young man as Ronnie Edwards Jr.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Traumatic Injuries

RIP RONNIE EDWARDS JR. (March 26, 1993 – July 4, 2018)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 7:49 a.m.

Ronnie “Oni” Edwards was one of the people most responsible for the content on Matthew Patrick‘s network of YouTube channels, like The Game Theorists.

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More Context Around Ronnie
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Edwards was one of the first employees Patrick ever hired for his YouTube-centric business, and the editor helped The Game Theorists develop its signature visual style, which involves kinetic, 2D animations.

Besides editing for Game Theory and Film Theory, Edwards hosted his own animated show known as Digressing and Sidequesting, where he explained the concept and design of many popular video games. Ronnie also had his own YouTube channel, DigressingNSQ.

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I was working one of the booths at E3 this year, and Game Theory’s Ronnie Edwards was the single most rude and disrespectful person I encountered throughout the entire event.
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Ronnie’s Response
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