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Terry Davis: Rises to Throne

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A two-minute video by TempleOS creator Terry Davis, posted on August 11, 2018, the day he died.

Linked in memorial threads as his last video.

6 comments from Hacker News

@St_Alfonzo2022-11 · in “Zeal OS is a modernized fork of the Temple Operating System”

> "It's good to be King. Wait. Maybe. I think maybe I'm just a bizarre little person who walks back and forth." ▶ this video His last Video. Aug. 11, 2018.

@wolfhumble2020-05 · in “TempleOS”

Oh, I wasn't aware of his passing . . . According to his Wikipedia page #1) He passed away August 11, 2018, just the same day he posted his last video on YouTube (the same as included on his TempleOS home page): ▶ this video His Wikipedia #1) page says the following about his passing: "Investigators could not determine whether his death was suicide or accidental, although the train engineer believed his death to be a suicide. The police report stated that Davis was walking with his back toward the train and that he turned around before the moment of impact". Bless his soul! #1) link

@hugh4life2019-04 · in “Working as a librarian gave me PTSD symptoms”

The last place TempleOS's Terry A Davis did a video before he died was outside a library. ▶ this video "I really like this library. So uh, come here use their computer and smoke out here. They must have been freaking out because such an impure person was in their presence."

@esaym2018-09 · in “Terry Davis of TempleOS has died”

The current theory is he was hit by a train: From his last video(Aug 11th 2018): ▶ this video We see he is at the Dalles county library. ​ Later in the evening (Aug 11th, 2018), The Dalles Chronicle reports an unknown man was hit by a train: link ​ Reports mention Terminal street and either 1st or 2nd street. ​ A map: link Also the Terry Davis facebook page is more than likely not Terry. It appears that the twitter handle "TheTemple" created it and fooled his relatives into accepting the friend requests. The family has no reason to make any of this public, I doubt they realize the extent of his internet following. But "TheTemple" could see their private posts and pictures mentioning Terry's death from the friended "Terry A Davis" facebook account (which he then subsequently memorialized). A video here: link

@forapurpose2018-09 · in “Terry Davis has died”

The post linked to by the parent is just an unfounded rumor created by someone on Reddit, with very little basis: I'm going to call it. From his last video(Aug 11th 2018): ▶ this video We see he is at the Dalles county library. ​Later in the evening (Aug 11th, 2018), The Dalles Chronicle reports an unknown man was hit by a train: link