Paul Haddad, our dear friend and an icon among the RE community, has passed away recently. We've been truly honored to have the chance to meet and work with such a great man and a brilliant professional that He was.
— Invader Studios (@InvaderDevs) April 17, 2020
Rest in Peace Paul... You will live forever in our hearts. pic.twitter.com/o6gkMqX7SI
1998年発売のオリジナル版『バイオハザード2』においてレオン・S・ケネディ役を演じた声優のPaul Haddad氏(56歳)が亡くなっていたことが、デベロッパーInvader Studiosなどの報告により明らかとなりました(Haddad氏は同社開発の『Daymare: 1998』にも出演)。以前からステージ3の咽頭がんと戦っていたそうです。
We've recently been made aware that Paul Haddad, voice of Leon in the original Resident Evil 2, has died this week following a battle with stage-3 throat cancer. Thoughts are with family and friends.
— Resident Evil Wiki (@RE_Wiki) April 17, 2020
Apparently Paul Haddad (the voice of Leon S. Kennedy from the OG RE2) passed away yesterday (That is April 15th) from health complications and it has gone massively underreported. from r/residentevil
Invader Studiosは「偉大でプロフェッショナルな彼と出会い、仕事をする機会を得て本当に光栄に思います。安らかに眠って下さい…あなたは私たちの心のなかで永遠に生き続けるでしょう」と語っています。