Hana DeVore says a big memorial is being planned for Andy Williams, the 48-year-old wrestler known as The Butcher, after his death on Sept. 5. The update puts My Chemical Romance back in the news through the family’s next step: honoring him while supporters keep sending memories, photos and videos.
DeVore’s memorial plan
“Please keep sharing stories, photos, videos. Please, because it's legitimately keeping me alive right now just being able to see him and hear the voice,” DeVore said in a social media update earlier today. She said she will attend the memorial and plans to return to Buffalo in the coming weeks, giving the family a practical base as details are worked out.
That return matters because the memorial is still taking shape, and the people who knew Williams best are being pulled into the process now, not later. DeVore said she only had him for almost nine years, while many others knew him for decades, and she added that the stories are helping her know him better through their accounts.
Williams and DeVore
Williams died after collapsing during a wrestling event in Pennsylvania, ending a career that included work as The Butcher. DeVore said she first met him in 2003, and in 2019 she wrote, “Then we took our sweet time finding each other, but it was all worth it. Now every day is amazing.”
“I love to hear how he helped you guys and how he just wanted to make everyone's day a little bit brighter, and that is literally what our life was like,” she said. “That is what he was like on a daily basis with everyone.” The message from her video is plain: the tribute is not just about public remembrance, but about preserving the version of him that friends and fans kept describing.
Buffalo in the coming weeks
DeVore said she intends to keep listening to those memories while she returns to Buffalo in the coming weeks. The memorial question now is straightforward for readers who knew Williams through My Chemical Romance: where and when the gathering lands will determine whether this becomes a local farewell, a wider reunion, or both.
DeVore’s choice to ask for more stories instead of stepping back suggests the memorial will be built from the crowd that already formed around Williams after Sept. 5. For anyone still sending photos or videos, the immediate next step is simple: keep contributing the material that is shaping the tribute before the details are set.
