− | '''Mike "The Silent Assassin" Damiani''', usually known as '''TSA''', is a [[Zelda]] speed runner and general Zelda enthusiast. He has played and held the speed records for essentially every Zelda game in existence. His most famous achievement is his 4 hour 57 minute single-segment run through [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]. | + | '''Mike "The Silent Assassin" Damiani''' ([[March 5]], [[1983]]–[[March 31]], [[2007]]), also known as '''TSA''', was a [[Zelda]] speed runner and general Zelda enthusiast. He is known for playing and holding speed records for essentially every Zelda game in existence. His most famous achievement was his 4 hour 57 minute single-segment run through [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]. |
| + | On Saturday, [[March 31]], [[1987]], at 1:14 PM PDT, Damiani suffered a severe stroke at his apartment in San Francisco, California. His girlfriend, Janine Drescher, witnessed the event. Reportedly, Damiani pointed to his head just before the attack and whispered, "Hey. Look. Listen." It was later determined that a blood clot that had formed in his upper heart as a result of his heart condition broke off and traveled to his brain. He was rushed by ambulance to San Francisco General Hospital. For four hours, he was alert, but unable to speak or to move his right arm or leg. Doctors initially said his stroke was minor, but the damage to the brain caused it to swell inside the skull, called cerebral edema, which resulted in his condition worsening over the next few hours. On the evening of [[March 31]], Damiani slipped into a coma before dying at 11:13 PM PDT. |