Legendary cosplayer dies of coronavirus, portraying World of Warcraft player from South Park

Jarod Nandine became world famous for his cosplay of the villainous high-level World of Warcraft player from the animated series South Park. Unfortunately, today it became known that Jarod died from complications caused by the coronavirus.

Nandine said he began to feel bad on December 18, and a couple of days after that, a test indicated that Jared had contracted COVID-19.

Jared first made a big splash at BlizzCon 2013 when he took to the stage as the perfect live-action version of the iconic character. As a result, he quickly became the de facto "South Park Dude".

We are deeply saddened to report that Jarod "NWBZPWNR" Nandin, aka "The South Park Guy" cosplayer from BlizzCon 2013, has passed away after contracting Covid-19. #Warcraft pic.twitter.com/cqLVmyV3qp

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) January 4, 2021

Jarod Nandin was interview by @lizohanesian for the LA Weekly back in 2014 where he talks about his cosplay

“I thought if I took that character and made him human, meaning if I portrayed him, it would just be hilarious...” https://t.co/tuzhYFhjPM

— Cosplay in America (@cosplayamerica) January 3, 2021

The Blizzcon Cosplay community lost a friend to Covid today. Jarod Nandin was best known for his cosplay of The Warcraft South Park Guy but he was also an advocate for cosplay positivity and encouraged people to cosplay whatever they want. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/kDxcL8darY

— 🌟Little Sparkz🌟 (@LittleSparkzLFG) January 3, 2021