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Tribute to Jiro Yamada, Automotive Artist (1960-2025) [video]

• dylan604 4mo 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-automotive-cutaway-illustrations https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-world-has-lost-a-master-of...
  • netsharc 4mo 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 4mo ago
      Reclusive might have been a better word
• chris_st 4mo ago
  Interesting to see (roughly!) what percent of each car is engine.
• Cockbrand 4mo 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.