First Meatloaf, Louie Anderson and now…RIP a pinball legend Lyman Sheats.

[GunSmoke Guy]

First Meatloaf, Louie Anderson and now…RIP a pinball legend Lyman Sheats.

 

[Coin Mech]

Wow, what happened? I remember seeing his name in various pinball-related topics.

 

[CameronMcC]

unconfirmed but someone posted in another place that he was found unresponsive in his home.

 

[Charles Kline]

Here is a great interview with Lyman from 2007.

http://www.pinrepair.com/topcast/topcast_50.mp3

 

[pcjohn]

How old was he ? He looks pretty young.

 

[Charles Kline]

How old was he ? He looks pretty young.

Only 55

 

[coinopper]

There's no games based on The Time Machine or The Black Hole, but there should have been. Yvette Mimieux started in both, and she died yesterday.

 

[pcjohn]

There's no games based on The Time Machine or The Black Hole, but there should have been. Yvette Mimieux started in both, and she died yesterday.

Wonder how I missed that. I had a crush on her when I first saw The Time Machine.

 

[Charles Kline]

I don't have and Lyman games in the line up yet so I went to the local bowling alley to play a few games on this.

 

[LyonsArcade]

This guy was kind of considered the best pinball programmer ever (maybe him and Keith Johnson) so this is a horrible loss for the pinball community.

 

[hisnice]

Huge loss to our community.
I played Lyman's Lament (Monster Bash easter egg with his voice) in his honor yesterday.

 

[videodan]

Sad loss. He was young, too!

I love playing Attack From Mars whenever I see it!

 

[carolinamarcg]

Wow this is terrible news. Have owned many of his games. afm is my all time fav. Have been tempted to get the new Elvira too.

His work will live forever. RIP.

 

[mattosborn]

The obit is up: https://www.morizzofuneralhome.com/obituaries/Lyman-Sheats/#!/Obituary

I only met him once, but that was enough to realize he was a super nice guy.
Great player, and a fantastic coder. His rules made good games great and great games superb.
He will live on in the games we all enjoy. RIP.

 

[Coin Mech]

Suicide.
Oh my.

 

[advans13]

Suicide, sad to hear. Lyman coded the best games, A huge loss to the community. RIP.

 

[Charles Kline]

Such sad news about it being suicide. That really hits home.

I wish there was a way he could have seen everyone's comments about how they valued his friendship and his impact on their lives before he passed.

We, as people, need to be better at letting those we care about know how much they mean to us.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

And Peter Robbin, the voice of Charlie Brown just passed as well.

 

[mcdermd]

also suicide

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

also suicide

Good grief!