You may be wondering why I concluded my catchphrase with a sad face this time. Well, I'm afraid I have some very, very sad news for us all.
A few days ago, a long-standing member of the Club Penguin community tragically had his life taken away from him, aged just 16.
His name was King89698. He was an active member of the community and was close friends with many people. He was extremely active on Xat and posted CP videos regularly on his YouTube channel. He also founded the Kings of CP in May 2015, a major CP army with a current troop stand of 43,518. He was an extremely friendly and talented guy and he will most definitely be missed by everyone.
Many people expressed their condolences to King89698. Here are just some of them:
Rosytilly - “Gone too soon. Rest in peace my dear friend @King89698Cp I will keep every moments I had with you forever. Thank you for everything.”
Jdan1001 - “I am shocked to hear the tragic news. RIP @King89698Cp, you will be missed by all of us. My prayers are out to his family. Love, Jdan1001”
Riyita - “I’m entirely taken back by this news. RIP @King89698Cp, you will be missed. I wish your family well during these hard times.”
Pup1One - “Today, we’ve lost @King89698Cp. Words cannot express how devastated I am. He was kind, generous, funny, and intelligent. Rest In Peace King”
Tech70 - “Waddle on. You’ll be missed by all penguins. This goes to @King89698Cp, who passed away in real life.”
Pingu15Cool - “I am on @clubpenguin with one of my best friends. Thank you for our amazing friendship! THE KINGUS FOREVER :D”
In commemoration of his death, the CPUnited Team *Pingu15Cool, a member of the team, was one of his closest friends* decided to alter their plans slightly. The original plan was to celebrate the 11th Anniversary of Club Penguin, but since the tragic news was heard the night before the party, they decided to make it half a celebration of CP's 11th Anniversary and half a respectful tribute to King's death.
We all arrived in the Coffee Shop to celebrate and have some cake (and coffee) despite our sadness. Some famous and rare penguins such as Greema showed up. Megg also kindly came along to the party.
As this was half a celebration, we all put on our brave faces, went to the Town and took a happy selfie to show our appreciation of 11 years on Club Penguin!
It was then time to end the celebration, and to commemorate and pay respect to the death of our dear friend King. Echo006 had kindly decorated his igloo for the occasion. We all placed flowers on his grave and used heart emojis as a mark of respect.
We had also started a movement to make King Penguin Of The Week using the hashtag #King89698ForPOTW on Twitter. We told Megg this and she was very supportive of our idea to honour everything King has done for the community in this way:
I would strongly urge everyone to vote him for POTW on Club Penguin's "What's New" Blog
I'd like to thank everyone for coming, for paying their respect to King, and for honouring everything he has done for us and the community.
RIP King, you shall be missed. Gone but not forgotten.
Waddle on my dear friend, you are in a better place now.
Tripplem and the CP Community
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