Friday 23 July 2021

Captain's Blog - Farewell TMU and Ken White the Lord of the Dance

Taken me some time to properly digest this and the implications, but he's my take, for what it's worth.

Ken was the beating heart and soul of the TMU community; he provided the place when The Movies site went down (the prequel to the site beign nuked from orbit permanently by Lionhead, which we knew was going to come, irrespective of the Lionhead Defense Team....) and was responsible for keeping it going for many, many years for little to no return other than the fact he wanted to support the community that grew out of The Movies.

He gave of his time, money and effort freely and with nary a second thought; he proudly declared his interests from the rooftops and, together with Roger, Monk and Cathy, kept us smiling and informed with a plethora of guests over the years with The Sunday Show, and he was an inspiration, touchstone and even, dare I say, friend over the years.

Now his light has gone out of the universe, and we are all the sadder for it.

Ken White was a giant of the early animation community and essentially singlehandedly formed the community that a bunch of us were blessed to be a part of from 2007-2012 and beyond (inn it's prime).

Coupled with the annual renewal for the TMU movie site and forums (when it always went offline), with his passing, TMU is now no more too.

A sad time indeed.

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