R.I.P. YOLOGOGOPLATA

[Deleted member 460645]

RIP to a great person.

Addiction is a terrible thing. Condolences to his loved ones.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Rip Sherbro, his Askren av was one of the best ones in the board. Good natured poster too, will be missed.

 

[LiQuiD42]

RIP Sherbro!

 

[irish_thug]

RIP @YOLOGOGOPLATA

This morning I texted him, and earlier this afternoon I received a text from his mother, from his phone, informing me of the tragic news.

Ben was an amazing dude. He was so thoughtful and caring and always had your best interest at heart. He was also a sports encyclopedia - from mma, to basketball and everything in between, he knew stats, dates, accomplishments and could always knock your head off in a debate.

He was actually the only person I've ever made friends with on the internet(which is something I never have done before or even considered doing). I met him on Sherdog (older account) about a year and a half ago and eventually we exchanged numbers and would talk or text. We planned to meet up in person to watch a card at some point as we were about 3 hours away but it never worked out. We talked about sports most of the time but we also talked about life. Ben had a lot of things going for him, he was very athletic (A - Level son) , charismatic, and very intelligent. He was also the kindest dude man, he was so sensible and had a beautiful self awareness to him and always made sure you were comfortable and happy when speaking with you. He also unfortunately had some demons he struggled with for years . Ben struggled with depression and drug use for a while. His mother told me he never learned how to fail and he was so accustomed to being perfect (sports, studies, etc) that once he started to make mistakes and not achieve the goals he strived for, it was a foreign experience for him and that eventually led him to drug use. Last year, when i was going through some things myself, he was one of the first people to call and talk to me like a brother to help even though we didnt even know each other that well. If any of you on here are struggling with any mental health issues or drug abuse please seek help. You can overcome it.

The last time I spoke to him was the day Kobe passed. I remember informing him of Kobe's death and he immediately called me in total shock. This impacted him more then I initially thought and I haven't texted him since then until this morning . What especially hurts to think about is if i should of texted him after Kobe's death instead of waiting an entire week. I had this gut feeling that it affected him a lot and that maybe i should hit him up but i just decided to wait a bit. And right before i woke up earlier I had a dream that I was looking for a missing person. You can't run from destiny. He passed from an overdose on Monday, January 27th 2020.

My condolences go to his family and friends.

This is a link to his obituary if you'd like to read more about him:
https://www.thomasmcafee.com/obituary/Ben-Spark

Please be respectful.
RIP Ben Spark
1990 - 2020
@YOLOGOGOPLATA
Love you bro

Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Thanks for sharing this with us.

This one hit me hard. we used to shit talk and I’d always intentionally misspell his name to be a dick. We used to shoot the shit and talk about basketball. It fucking sucks. Life is bull shit sometimes.

 

[Natural Order]

Taken too soon. RIP mate.

 

[Klaavical]

God speed brother

 

[FinalConflict2005]

Thank you for sharing and sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[TheOneAboveAll3]

i recognise the name but didn't really know him, if this is true then RIP, sucks to lose a sherdog brudda.

Same here, heard of him but never replied to any of his comments. Pretty sad RIP

 

[Noleggeisha]

Rest in peace sherbro. Thoughts for his loved ones.

 

[Jackonfire]

Damn. His username always made me chuckle. And I always liked his contributions to the PBP threads.

R.I.P. He will be missed.

@The Legendary Scarface - thanks for posting this and sharing a little about Ben outside of Sherdog.

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

Damn.....

Always suck to see a sherdogger go.

R.I.P.

Condolences to his friends and family.

 

[Fedor Emelianenko]

Rest in power! We all have our time, one thing is certain death and taxes.

RIP Sherbro

 

[Max Power]

RIP. Gone too soon.

 

[ColombianFist]

Man. the good guys here are dying.

RIP

 

[Kim Jong Un]

A good friend of mine does cocaine every saturday night, more and more Ive been considering bringing it up to him. He is a smart dude with good judgement so I have always just told myself he knows his limit but this is making me reconsider.

 

[TGArthur]

Wow, this makes me incredibly sad He was a great poster.

 

[BEER]

I didn't know him outside of his username, but it sounds like he was a great guy. RIP.

My age too. That's extra rough.

 

[paperclip101]

RIP very sad to hear

 

[Rek Rekington]

RIP Sherbro.