
"Yoshito Usui, the Japanese manga artist responsible for the widely exported "Crayon Shin-chan" series, was found dead this weekend after an apparent hiking accident.
Usui, 51, was reported missing while hiking alone in mountains north of Tokyo. Police and family Sunday confirmed that a body later found by another hiker was that of Usui. Police said that there were no indications of suicide or foul play and that indications point instead to an accidental fall.
At a press conference it was revealed that police had found Usui's broken digital camera and that its memory card contained a photograph peering down a particularly steep cliff. "Usui apparently took that one last shot and then slipped and fell," an official from Futabasha Publishing said." - thr.com
I grew up reading and loving Crayon Shin Chan. His death is a great loss to the manga world. He will be forever remembered. Rest in peace.
