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  • Marc Thorpe, Father of Robot Wars, Passes Away

    Marc Thorpe, Father of Robot Wars, Passes Away

    Marc Thorpe, the original creator of the famed remote-controlled bot battling competition Robot Wars and godfather of today’s bot deathmatch scene, died this past Friday, Nov. 24, at the age of 77 due to complications from his long fight against Parkinson’s disease. His death was officially confirmed by his daughter Megan Feffer and on Thorpe’s…