Terry Davis: Rises to Throne

Terry Davis · 1.4M views · 2018-08-11 · 2:20

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Overview

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

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Linked in memorial threads as his last video.

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Internet culture & memes Operating systems & kernels

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St_Alfonzo · 2022-11 · Reference
> "It's good to be King. Wait. Maybe. I think maybe I'm just a bizarre little person who walks back and forth." [VIDEO] His last Video. Aug. 11, 2018.
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wolfhumble · 2020-05 · Reference
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): [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]
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hugh4life · 2019-04 · Reference
The last place TempleOS's Terry A Davis did a video before he died was outside a library. [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."
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