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Tribute to Jiro Yamada, Automotive Artist (1960-2025) [video] (youtube.com)
dylan604 4 days ago [-]
"A personal tribute to one of my heroes, Jiro Yamada, whose passing in 2025 was confirmed a few days ago."

The video has 288 views posting 3 days ago. I'm well confused. How did someone dying in 2025 only get confirmed halfway through 2026? So some digging shows[0] that he died last August, nearly a year ago. Maybe this person lived a very sheltered life and wasn't in the public eye. Maybe it says more about me that someone could be dead for nearly a year before people knew about it.

[0] https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-world-has-lost-a-master-of...

netsharc 4 days ago [-]
"Sheltered" is assuming a lot, maybe his family didn't know whom to contact in his professional circles, or that his friends and colleagues knew about his passing but had no contact to "the community"...
dylan604 4 days ago [-]
Reclusive might have been a better word
Cockbrand 4 days ago [-]
As a kid I loved these illustrations that made it so transparent (pun semi-intended) how a particular car is constructed, and how all the individual components work together. I never learned the name of the artist until I stumbled upon this post, though.
chris_st 4 days ago [-]
Interesting to see (roughly!) what percent of each car is engine.
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