Dragoneer’s death was announced by his collaborators on the site he created which was loved by so many, Furaffinity.net.

The post read: “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of Fur Affinity’s owner, Dragoneer. He was our friend, family, and a pillar of this community. We ask for your patience and respect for his family’s privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other and the community,”

Sean Piche aka Dragoneer was born in 1980 and died in August 2024, making him at 44 at the time of his death.

Dragoneer rose to fame due to his creation of the biggest online platform for the creation of furry-centric art, be it artwork, stories, photography or audio recordings.

The site he created, Fur Affinity grew into the largest such platform online by the time of his death, with estimates putting its monthly traffic at around 20 million visitors.

Despite his massive success, Dragoneer ended up being undone by the cutthroat, for-profit health insurance industry in the United States and that has sparked outrage following his death.

During his final few weeks, Dragoneer had shared incredibly heartless messages he had received from his health insurance company as he attempted to receive treatment for what ended up causing his death, a sort of lung infection/cancer some have claimed was blastomycosis.