Johnson Yips

Johnson Yips (June 2, 1882 - November 18, 1940) was a Vanmanian radio announcer and television producer, he co-founded Vanmania Television with Sally Hitch, whom he married to in 1917.

Death (1940)
On November 15, 1940, Johnson Yips went on a journey to Canada on his sailboat, with all of Vanmania Television's equipment in the sailboat, he wanted to go to Canada to flee from the possible invasion of Vanmania by Nazi Germany which, in his words, could cause Vanmania Television to be stuffed with propaganda and ruin the channel's unbiast reputation, during the journey, Yips was attacked by multiple Nazi German soldiers, and accidentally attacked by one British soldier, he was mainly hit in the chest area and a bullet was shot through his kidney, Yips did arrive at New Brunswick, Canada, but survived just barely, according one of the staff members at the hotel Yips was staying at, Yips looked very sick, and that when asked if he was sick, he said that he was "doing fine" and that the hotel's staff shouldn't worry about his health.

In the morning hours of November 18, 1940, a janitor was walking to the hotel room Yips was staying in, and knocked on the door, but Yips did not open the door, the janitor assumed that Yips went away early as it was his final day at the hotel, the janitor used her keys to open the door, and walked to the bedroom, where Yips' limp body was found, he was immediately sent to a hospital, where he was immediately pronounced dead on arrival, Yips died of kidney failure at age 62, Yips' grave now sits besides his wife, Sally Hitch's grave.