some of you on here may have talked to "Who Dey", Terry Ritchie. He had an avatar of a tiger with a bengals shirts on. He was good at stirring up things in the forums. Unfortunately, I found out this evening he passed away 2 days ago. He lived in Ohio. His girlfriend was ok with this post so friends on here knew of his passing.
Omg. I just talked to him on the phone Sunday. Tell me this is a bad joke man. He was going to retire in two months. Tell me this is a joke.
Wow, really?! I can't believe it. That's very sad and shocking. I haven't been around the forums that long, but he was certainly a well-known personality. He wasn't that old either was he? Damn.
One of the only people to actually like me around here. Rest in peace, buddy...I'm sorry I never got to meet you in person. 
Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:Omg. I just talked to him on the phone Sunday. Tell me this is a bad joke man. He was going to retire in two months. Tell me this is a joke.
I wish it were not real. I was called by his other half. She said there should be obituary soon. Yes, it's very sad. He liked, munsters a lot, was close to retirng, and going to buy elvira when he retired.
Quoted from TheLaw:He was constantly talking aboot that shift being the 'death of him ' like we all do just shitting around.
He worked swing shift. It’s not a good thing for you. Sleep cycles.
He was the first person I got to know on pinside.
I started talking to him about Aerosmith pro when I was all excited about getting back into the hobby.
Started chatting by phone and became friends. We spoke every week almost since 2017.
Rip brother
Love ya man
THIS should be in the news as he truly is/ was a fantastic bloke and he looked forward to retiring.
My heart has missed a beat and I hope it was quick and painless.
The world has had the privilege of having him amongst us
R.I.P.
Never a bad word spoken
Worlds apart but close in heart
We had our agreements, disagreements, and Pinball Joy together.
Im shocked and hurting.
My condolences to his family.
this is the sort of bloke he was
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Who-Dey
Message #23 of 2515:55
Hey thanks for the heart buddy. You didnt have to pay me back but Ty. I just got 5 of my pinside friends a heart and you happened to be one of them.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pay-it-forward-give-a-heart-
oldskool1969
Message #24 of 2518:31
The world works better this way
Who-Dey
Message #25 of 2519:55
It does doesnt it? I wish people would figure that out someday.
I’m in shock. I just texted with him recently. I just don’t understand what could have happened. He was just about to retire.
He was a good man. I would say we would text at least once a month to talk pinball.
There were tons of things we didn’t agree on, but that didn’t matter.
I met him first when I bought a firepower off him 4 or so years ago. We’ve been in regular contact since.
One of the nicest, most soft spoken people you’ll ever meet in person.
I know he wasn’t always like that here, but he is 100% that in real life.
His SO Debbie is a great person too. I’m just glad I gotten to spend time with them more than once.
We’ve lost a great person today.
Quoted from Gunnut40:I just can’t..my best friend is gone.
Was he sick? I just talked to him right before Halloween.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Was he sick? I just talked to him right before Halloween.
I don’t think so, we made plans to meet after his retirement, he said nothing about being sick, just retiring, that was 4 days ago.
Quoted from Jaybird815:I don’t think so, we made plans to meet after his retirement, he said nothing about being sick, just retiring, that was 4 days ago.
Yeah I talked to him on the 20th (just checked my texts with him).
This is so awful. I can’t believe it.
He was a fellow dog lover as well. We talked all the time about how we wanted to save all the stray dogs out there.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Was he sick? I just talked to him right before Halloween.
I don’t know man. I was just chatting with him a week ago about staying at his place when I came out to your show. This is a sad f@&$in day.
I was just talking to Multiballmaniac1 on the phone and he told me. Couldn’t believe it.
Whether you agreed with him or not, he was full of opinions but stern on his position. I always got along with him. Dude was funny as hell. What a shame.
55 is way too young. My heart goes out to Debbie and his family. I’ll definitely miss seeing him around here.
That sucks. I always enjoyed his posts and respected the fact he wasn't embarrassed to show he was a Bengals fan.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Yeah I talked to him on the 20th (just checked my texts with him).
This is so awful. I can’t believe it.
He was a fellow dog lover as well. We talked all the time about how we wanted to save all the stray dogs out there.
He called me Monday at 6pm I just looked we spoke for 12 minutes.
Debbie I don’t know if you are reading this but he was such a great friend. Take Care
We both started off on the wrong foot with each other, but then we found out we had an F-ton in common like growing up near each other in Ohio and became good Pinside buds... we didn’t see eye to eye on a LOT of things but we both respected each other’s opinions. He was always a positive force on here and will be missed by a F-ton of old ballers. RIP Terri.
I am shocked and saddened! He was one of the few guys I would reach out to for options on games and bubble hockey - always was informative and energetic. RIP and condolences to his SO.
I didn't agree with most of his takes in the Covid thread, which is sadly the thread I most often saw him in... BUT I appeciated that he defended his position with tact, and was at least willing to entertain reason and discourse in a productive and respectful manner. If more people could conduct themselves that way, we'd all be better off. So despite my personal views on the subject, he was a good dude overall.
Even past the Covid stuff, from what else I saw of him here I could tell he was a good guy at heart. I probably would have got along well with him.
Rest in peace Terry
What a nice guy. We pm’d a lot and he was always real kind and helpful to me. I wish I had met him face to face. Rest in God’s Peace Who Dey!
You are absolutely shitting me.
There is no way.
RIP to a great guy... we’ve lost so many incredible guys this year... what the fuck 
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Awe, Man....we shared the same Birthday.
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This is definitely exactly what I thought he’d look like.
RIP bro!
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