A Very Sad Day, Dick Richards Has Passed Away

Dick Richards from 5ninthavenue has passed away.

[@melissamcqueen582]

RIP Dick. Tell Nelson "hi." 😔

[@mclovin8739]

Its a shame everything stopped with Dicks passing.

[@tarwater27]

I miss you dude!! Where have you been, like a year and no videos. Retro room, you could still talk about other retro things, toys games movies food..so much old clubs. Come back man we miss you.

[@maddog8356]

I truly hope that Dick and Nelson are reunited somewhere, happy and sharing a laugh or two about the good old days.

[@sassygirl8839]

Scooby-Doo where are You??? 10 months you have been gone. You are missed

[@ricobaldridge9144]

Yeah what happened are you ok

[@DennisMC1974]

Hey man I think it would be so cool if you can get ahold of Nelson's tapes and keep the project going and keep it alive thanks for the report

[@Alexiswantsmorefood]

Dennis MC yes that would be awesome i'm saddened by this I just found Nelson's tapes on the channel that Dick Richardson had been uploading and now he's not going to upload no more I'm very saddened by his death I didn't know that he was even sick so sad

[@thesundog8833]

NYU was helping Mr. Richards with the videos to my understanding.

[@crazymeee]

Why don't you post anymore?

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thank you for letting us know. I'd wondered why there hadn't been any videos uploaded in the last few weeks on the channel. If that was the last video (Nelson listening to messages, alone, after a birthday dinner) I suppose it was fitting as there was something a bit sad about it. Dick always seemed like a wonderful man in the videos - wryly funny, with a sweet smile, always so handsome in his glasses and the hair falling in his eyes. He did so much for so many by working to bring these videos out to new generations. I never would have heard of Nelson if not for him and never would have been able to live a whole new life through Nelson and his friends without Dick. If that was it for the channel, I thank him for his years of kindness and regular uploading. And I hope he and Nelson are together again right now.

[@WeemusStudio2017]

Thank you from all his longtime Atlanta friends. Nelson's, too. The tapes of our shows in Atlanta are in archives at Emory University. Nelsons are at NY University. You can Google and find them. Dick was my dear friend for over thirty years. Our wild and rowdy days in Atlanta were the best years of my life. I'm so glad Ru gave a tribute in a mention of Dick at the Emmys.

[@Jay_R_]

Ohh no!! 😖😢 I am VERY thankful to have had Dick to upload and share with us all of the great memories Nelson had recorded, but I really, really hope there is someone else with access to the library who can keep Nelson's memory alive here on KZbin now that Dick has sadly passed away. I just hope this isn't the end of 5 Ninth Ave. But hey- if it is, Dick was a godsend for sharing all that he did with us re: Nelson and friends. Thanks to him Nelson will never be forgotten, and we already have a treasure trove of amazing footage uploaded here on YT for all of us to watch, and it is in huge part and thanks to Dick. Whatever happens-- if this is the end of the 5 Ninth Ave. project, then In am SO grateful we have what we do. THANK YOU NELSON, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU, DICK!! The memories will live on forever thanks to you, buddy, and for that I am so grateful. RIP, Dick 💘💘💘

[@DennisMC1974]

So sad to hear him and Nelson are legendary guys :(

[@Lollipopmorgue]

Dick did some wonderful things with his time on earth. What an inspiration!

[@stormiemarie6997]

Patiently waiting for an update about the Michael Alig situation from the Retro Room!!

[@jsat4202]

Came here for this

[@alkaline8886]

Damn did he quit because Richard died? No more videos in 2 years

[@Mytube777]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART LET US KNOW WHERE YOU WENT! You have many people here who love you and this channel. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION HERE. ..:.. .. THEN BY ALL MEANS PLEASE LET US KNOW HERE IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS VIDEO ........please?

[@ZanderStJames]

Very sad indeed He changed my life. Thank you Dick ❤️

[@ZanderStJames]

Also give Nelson a hug from all of us 💜

[@dawulpertingerofstarland5257]

I just found your channel and am finding it endlessly fascinating. You haven't uploaded in awhile but I'd love to see more of your work.

[@eldridgedeets]

Where did ya go? & yr video uploads? Miss seeing new uploads... Hope all is good

[@Joe1You]

So sorry to hear this. I knew Dick in Atlanta . . . he was a kind and brilliant guy.

[@Heramitep]

Very sad indeed. What makes it extra upsetting is that we didn’t really hear anything about him in recent years...then this..RIP Dick.

[@jennytaylor4165]

You're right mate. I was always curious about Dick, and always take to him when I see him on Nelson's vids. Can't have been that old, either.

[@alvinwhitley8020]

He battled with Leukemia for 8 yrs and lived in hospice his last few years, so he was quite sick and will be deeply missed. I hope he hooks up with Nelson wherever they are. Rest in Power

[@RichardPlusFilms]

R.I.P Dick Richards its a sad day indeed, thank you Dick Richards for uploading Nelson Sullivan video works, lets keep both Nelson & Dick alive in our way by showing there works!

[@EllaRoseX]

miss your videos man!

[@RetroRoomYT]

Thanks Eleanor I’m back

[@NamasteLuna]

Hi! I just wanted to comment to let you know we miss you! I found your Channel a few months ago and I enjoyed so much all the info you've posted. Hope you are ok and post again!

[@RetroRoomYT]

Thank you NamasteLuna I appreciate that 🥰 I’m back from my hiatus Will be uploading when I can

[@scarletting]

Sad day indeed. Rest in peace with Nelson, Dick.

[@mattrasbury7539]

Thank you for your time and love of nelson and the amazing time he lived through. I hope you're doing well it seems you're not making videos anymore so I just wanna say again thank you.

[@RetroRoomYT]

Thank you Matthew

[@kekwayblaze3176]

This channel is no longer updating? That really is sad.

[@KissMyBiscuits]

Oh dear! I just found Dick & 5ninthavenueproject (& you) this past summer. I wasn’t even aware Dick was ill! 🙁 So sad. 😞 Even though I never met any of you personally, it feels like I’ve lost a dear friend, perhaps two since Nelson’s videos will no longer be uploaded. Will we still have the videos Dick has already posted? I have only had time to watch a portion of them thus far. Sorry to be such a bummer and I don’t want to seem ungrateful. I’m *very* thankful to have found Dick & Nelson at all, plus I still have you! Thank you so much for being there for us and for giving us this news; I know it wasn’t easy for you. I offer heartfelt condolences to Dick’s partner, family, friends, and to all of us who knew and loved him through his work. Bless you, Dear Soul, and may Dick’s soul rest in peace. I hope the two best friends from Kershaw are having a joyous reunion!!

[@JohnnyTubeNYC]

Sad. Hope videos will live on. Tribute to him and Nelson.

[@rubymoon9321]

Rip Dick Richards, my condolences to family & friends, you will be greatly missed.

[@DiskSystems]

Someone should download the entire archive before KZbin takes it down somehow. RIP

[@avalondreaming1433]

RIP dear Dick Richards. I hope you have been reunited with your dear friend Nelson.

[@sassygirl8839]

Dude what the he'll happened to you and your channel. People really liked you and your content. If you are quitting yt? Which appears you are at least tell your fans goodbye and let us know you are ok.

[@Alexiswantsmorefood]

RIP to Dick Richardson

[@smokindagreen7]

Is there someone to take over the youtube channels?

[@scarletting]

Omg Brittney, I swear we watch the same youtube channels! lol

[@smokindagreen7]

@@scarletting lmao. Yeah. Thats so funny.

[@smokindagreen7]

@@scarletting G.M.T.A right?

[@jlee7904]

Nooo. What an amazing man. My condolences to his family and friends. The 1st vid I saw of Nelson was when he and Dick went on a car trip and they stopped at McDonald's. I fell in love with them both after that vid. He and Nelson are together now.

[@JustEedee]

jessie that was my first discovery of Nelson and Dick too and I was hooked ever since!! RIP Dick Richards and Nelson Sullivan.

[@darkenergy410]

same

[@BonsaiBuckeye]

Will this channel be receiving any updates? It looks like it has been sometime since he uploaded?

[@thesundog8833]

Same here.

[@thesundog8833]

@@BonsaiBuckeye I don't believe it will.. Uploads stopped right after Dick Richards death.. If you or anybody is interested I am starting a Nelson Sullivan Facebook group facebook.com/groups/604343677166462/?ref=share

[@tracimitchell4110]

So sad! He's going to be deeply missed by those that loved him & those of us who appreciated his dedication to spreading Nelson's work. Thank you for sharing this info.

[@aviratica6370]

Rest in Peace Dick. You really lived well. Say Hi to Nelson for us.

[@chainsawteddybear]

Gotta come back!!!! Alig died!!!

[@cyanide_lollipop3264]

What an absolute tragedy, though I feel such gratitude for all Dick shared with us, keeping Nelson's memory alive. My condolences to his family and friends.

[@SusieSynth]

I am sitting here in shock. Sobbing. I really fell in love with these people. Nelson's videos brought me so much joy. I'm going to download them all before they get deleted. Rest in Peace Dick 🌻 you and Nelson are together again. ❤️

[@douglasjones105]

OMG, May he rest in eternal peace❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@spartakas8770]

Thank you Dick Richards for showing me Nelson Sullivan, the 1st video i saw was you and Nelson at Mcdonalds. Rest in peace. I searched 1989 in the search bar (my birth year) and came across the videos. Honoured to have done so. Now rest easy to both of you ill be 31 this year 2020 on July 2nd i was only 1 day old when Nelson died. Much love from New Zealand. Josh M

[@AnnetteMay1221]

First of all, my condolences for Dick Richards loved ones. I've watched a lot of the videos of the 5ninthavenue channel here on KZbin. I'm just an observer in awe of the whole NYC scene from the 60's on. I have been binge watching your videos. I have Googled so much about the NYC nightlife, Warhol, Basquiat, the club kids, etc. and I'm enjoying your videos. Thank you!

[@mjreikiriot3302]

😢😭Thank you for posting, hun.💕

[@jennlynn8701]

I miss your videos! I hope your doing well! 🤗❤

[@RetroRoomYT]

Thank you Jenn I’m back now

[@charlotteg8626]

Can u keep the video uploading going?

[@RetroRoomYT]

I’m back

[@charlotteg8626]

@@RetroRoomYT WONDERFUL!! Looking forward to what u loaf next. Man... I don’t understand why u don’t have more subscribers!!?! The heck!!? If it wasn’t for u. I never would have know who Nelson Sullivan was.

[@jessieh8002]

Awwwww😢he’s now with his friend

[@DennisMC1974]

It's wild because I bet these guys had no idea how much impact of the future for fans of their videologged lifestyle parting and events to help others that feel outcasted odd and different in Society in this present generation Dick seemed like a warm-hearted good friend to Nelson R.I.P Dick

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Not sure if you still come on here but I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I really enjoyed coming here over the last year and your helping us learn more about Nelson and his friends. I miss his videos and yours, but it was a good time.

[@SusieSynth]

Hi! I miss your videos so much and you are missed not only by me but many. I would love if there was a way you could get ahold of Nelson's footage. I'm not the only one that would love this but other people have meantioned it as well on Nelson's channel that your channel would be perfect for it. If there would be any way you could get rights to upload the rest of his videos. I know Larry T still is active with W.O.W. and I don't know if they would consider it but I miss Nelson. I know that might sound strange but I do. I need more. 💔

[@heartstruth6875]

Oh man 😳 R.I.P. Dick Richards

[@sarahrand8317]

This is so sad... RIP Dick 💔💔💔 I wonder what will happen to 5ninth now??

[@Mytube777]

And may he eternally Rest In Peace with all his past family and friends. 🌹

[@Transformational_change]

Bless you, Dick Richards🔥💗🔥💗🔥💗🔥💗RIP

[@davidhokmin]

Q. Who can use the collections at Fales? A: The Fales Library & Special Collections is open to NYU students, faculty and staff, as well as qualified researchers and scholars throughout the US and abroad. If any body reading this is a "qualified researcher" or NYU student or faculty and staff somewhere on earth reading this who can finish the project, wouldn't that be something. I am a stay at home dad and have a computer and transfer cable, I don't qualify but if I had the tapes I would do this! Someone else maybe can complete it!

[@davidhokmin]

NM Robert Coddington has copies of all of the tapes

[@MrShedinthepeg]

@@davidhokmin I actually contacted the library last year and said that I was interested in the nelson Sullivan collection and they emailed me back. They said they would be happy to arrange access to the archive if i went in person. It's something I intend to do one day for a project.

[@spartakas8770]

Someone please step up and make it happen i live on the other side of the world in New Zealand u or i would have done it. Peace

[@sassygirl8839]

Damn dude are you ok???At least let your fans know as we worry about why you dropped outta sight...please post something...it's been a real long time!!!!!

[@acatinthecradle]

Where has this channel gone? It just abruptly ends on this video upload. Does anyone know? Has something happened??? I've only recently jumped into the Club Kid videos and it ends here.....😭

[@RetroRoomYT]

I’m back after a long hiatus

[@tamaralernst4095]

:( So sorry to hear this!

[@kultofsaturn7142]

where are you ? i miss your vlogs

[@Aforgottenempire]

Damn.... rip hopefully we get too see the rest of the videos.

[@toop5301]

Bro where are it been 3 years

[@RetroRoomYT]

Long story I’m back now tho

[@Free_Samples]

Hey are you still around? I need to contact you

[@joshbrochill78]

R.I.P. in peace

[@SusieSynth]

Oh my God. Oh nooo. I was just thinking him for uploading Nelson's videos. And I love Dick's channel also. Oh I'm heart broken.💔 Soo heart broken... I'm so upset. I've grown close to these people.

[@SusieSynth]

*thanking

[@eldridgedeets]

R.I.P. Dick Richards :/ my condolences to his friends & family... Now him & Nelson are together

[@sassygirl8839]

Retro Room wtf where did you go??? People loved you and your channel. Where are you??????!

[@paulym9969]

Just now came across your channel and subscribed. After watching countless videos of Nelson Sullivan, I just found out last night who Dick was and that he had passed, very saddened. I see there are some of Nelsons videos here on your channel that I have not seen. So glad to find your channel, as I enjoy watching all of Nelsons videos and getting some insight from back then and finally hear someone talking about the Club Kids years as I my self was an 80s kid/teen. Hope to see more videos from you soon

[@amyyngsdal8982]

Nooooooooooooo! Oh my goodness! Very sad to hear!!!! RIP Mr. Richards.

[@Masshole4life]

Oh no! 🙏🏻

[@Casp3r.aka.Droid.]

Are you going to make a video about Michael Alig passing away

[@roccop913]

U would had totally be friends with that whole crew! Thx for all the info! On all of this! U rock!! 😘😘

[@MrShedinthepeg]

Oh no, that's so sad! I just wish we could do something to show our appreciation, for all the work he put into preserving Nelsons videos. RIP x

[@chainsawteddybear]

RIP. SERIOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. ALSO MISS YOU!! I’d love to see a Desi Santiago video from you one day!

[@WeemusStudio2017]

Long Live misterrichardson Channel, too!

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Merry Christmas to you, wherever you are.

[@MsRyland511]

So sad to hear this...

[@basil33]

I thought NYU was helping him to post the videos

[@SusieSynth]

I hope they continue to help.

[@basil33]

Has anything been uploaded since?

[@craigg5410]

Hey what happened to you? You've vanished!

[@RetroRoomYT]

I’m back

[@eily_b]

Where is Nelson's videos library now? I hope no one said: "Oh, old camcorder tapes, let's throw them away." 😮

[@anh7807]

I saw someone saying they are archived at NYU. There is so much we have not seen unfortunately.

[@anh7807]

@@athandog that's awesome. I am on the other end of the U.S. but would love to go one day to watch them.

[@ahzootube]

Hey please come back with updates for us!

[@cnukem]

Where are you, I miss you 😭

[@SusieSynth]

What about Nelson's videos? There is so much more to see. I always look forward to watching them. They make me feel so happy.

[@lilliteningpea]

Oh my heart!!

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Happy 4th, wherever you are.

[@mardipantz]

💔🙏💔

[@chadraygun5268]

It’s been 2 years already but will there be any future content of yours or did the passing of Dick Richards mark the end of your KZbin days?

[@Usernameusername206]

Will you be posting any videos again? What about Walt Cassidy, and his book?

[@ParanormalVideoGamer]

What happened to this guy ? I hope he's ok ... no videos since two years ago

[@valiantthor2215]

Right? Can’t believe he didn’t say anything about Michael Alig’s passing. Maybe something happened ?

[@dennybenz5846]

Oh no... how sad it is ...

[@dennybenz5846]

My condolences to Dick’s family and he and Nelson will be legends in history in my eyes. Never forgotten.

[@shrineheart87]

can you reach his friends or family for the tapes???

[@devlinadams4166]

Hi. Are you still making & uploading video's on this channel ?? It's been 2 years since you've made this video , announcement about Dick Richards death. I pray all is well with you & that you'll be back on youtube in the near future.

[@devlinadams4166]

Hi you haven't made an video in over a year, are you comming back to youtube ????

[@ForReal_Lauren]

Are you aware of any way to get into contact with Robert?

[@Skidoo22]

The moon was in the sign of scorpio at the time of his passing, yesterday. His birth sign was scorpio.

[@Skaterbun]

So what's happening now? Who's going to continue Nelson's legacy, where are all the tapes, and where are you??

[@TomLohre49]

What was the name of his Atlanta cable show?

[@supernova1607]

Retro are you ok????

[@rudymaddox9528]

Where are you?

[@ShrineMedium]

How did you find out?

[@andreasmith3439]

What happened to this channel?

[@crazymeee]

I was thinking the same