What? He isn't dead. Also he kept fine skills at his age, which doesn't look much on most disciplines but that is a merciless sport.
The guy is an important pillar who kept up skateboarding for ages at the center of attention, people had skates and used them actively, without him there wouldn't be any snowboarding too, since it was inspired to that discipline.


I remember when I was very very little, playing the games about him on playstation 1 on a market center which I cannot even remember the place.
As a Kid I enjoyed the falls of the ragdoll, it was well made for that time.