Richard Charles Kyanka ( – November 9, 2021), known by his username Lowtax (a reference to
Byron (Low Tax) Looper), was an American internet personality who created the website ''
Something Awful
''Something Awful'' (SA) is an American comedy website hosting content including blog entries, Internet forum, forums, feature articles, digitally edited pictures, and humorous media reviews. It was created by Richard Kyanka, Richard "Lowtax" K ...
''.
Other endeavors
In 2001, Kyanka was entered into the ''
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, ...
'' (EW) Entertainer of the Year online poll, and went on to receive "thousands of votes", but was disqualified because ''EW'' judged they were the result of an email campaign.
In 2006, Kyanka accepted
Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll (; born 22 June 1965) is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his Alone in the Dark (2005 film), ...
's challenge to a boxing match, which Boll had issued to all his online critics. The match took place on September 23 in
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
; Boll knocked Kyanka out in less than two minutes.
On October 9, 2020, following a backlash from the community in response to allegations that Kyanka was a domestic abuser, Kyanka sold Something Awful to a fifteen-year member and moderator known under the pseudonym of Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Kyanka was subsequently banned from the site.
Death
Kyanka died by suicide on November 9, 2021.
References
External links
Something Awful*
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1976 births
American Internet celebrities
2021 deaths
2021 suicides
Suicides in Missouri