Alex Sisamuth

Alexander Tye Sisamuth, 27, of Columbus, Ohio, died unexpectedly August 3, 2019. He was born March 10, 1992 in Columbus, where he resided all his life. Alexander is survived by parents Heng and Toni (Walton) Sisamuth, sister Lily Sisamuth, nephew Carter, paternal aunt Wanphen (Chient) Sanasith and cousins Teresa and Jennifer Sanasith; maternal grandparents Tye and Ginger (Rogers) Walton, aunt Teri (Brian) Baker, and cousins Alexandra, McKenna, Cecelia and Gretchen Baker, maternal aunt Traci Walton and cousins Michaelina Preest, and Eishi (Sage), Midori (and Lulabelle) and Taiyo Marang, Uncle Tye (Amy) Walton and cousins Marilyn, Abby and Pamela Walton.

Everyone who met Alexander wanted to be his friend and was intrigued to know a little more about him. Alexander attended Winterset Elementary, St. Andrew's School, and then graduated from Bishop Watterson High School in 2010, where he played football and lacrosse. Alexander participated in competitive gymnastics for Whetstone Recreations, Carriage Place Recreations, and Integrity Athletics. He also played baseball for many years through various organizations.

Growing up, Alexander became a true leader and was responsible for a ton of smiles. He made us laugh with each magic trick, whether or not it was successfully executed. It is a complete understatement to give him the title of "class clown". As silly as he was, he expressed his fearlessness by being quite the dare devil. We could count on him to be the one to jump first, climb the highest, or backflip off anything we named. Even on a bad day he had a silly face to make, an impersonation that left us belly laughing, or a phrase you couldn't refuse to grin at.

He gave his cousins the ultimate bond by creating Sodalitas, an exclusive club represented by matching tattoos. As the eldest of cousins, he had a unique and personalized relationship with each one of them. Alex knew the right approach to take with each one and always had the right words of advice to offer in any situation.

He became extremely interested and educated in astrology and intuition. He was perceptive with each person he conversed with, whether a familiar face or a complete stranger, because he understood all different kinds of people and found a way to connect to them.

Alexander developed a deep passion for music, visual and performing arts, and photography. Alexander took both his physical and digital creativity to the extreme in each one of his pieces of work. He loved including friends and family as his subject and then later gifting that piece to them. Many people that were close to him own an original piece of art that was made especially by him, telling a story from either his life or theirs. A majority of his thoughts were expressed through paintings, songs, music videos, and live art. He wrote every lyric to all of his songs that he produced, as well as producing each correlating music video. His music was deep, personal, and heavy, and always came directly from his soul. All of his lyrics include a visualization of Alex either creating or performing it. His music can be found on YouTube and at Soundcloud.com/slytye and Soundcloud.com/overhuman

Alexander expressed his pain and love, his triumphs and failures, and his fearlessness and nervousness through his work. His mind was ingeniously inventive when it came to finding ideas for his art. A great example of Alexander's creativity was his Leo Worthington project, where he created an alternate identity for himself and conducted interviews and videos for Leo Worthington's documentary. Another unique way Alex displayed his diversity was through his video called "Puzzle", which is a music video that actually is a puzzle to be figured out. Alex, as always, had a prize for the one that broke the code. Another puzzle Alexander used to bring his community together was the Bethel Road Christmas Bar Crawl. He reached out to local bars and split up teams by each bar or restaurants staff. He created an intricate scavenger hunt that took each team through the local bars, ending at the final destination where the winner was awarded a trophy. These special events will remain in the hearts of his family and friends, along with the art work that he left behind for us.

We thank Alexander for sharing bits and pieces of his heart and mind in these pieces of extraordinary art. We are honored to have known such a selfless, adventurous, charismatic young man. He loved opening a discussion to thoughts we had not before considered, then leaving us hanging in a state of desire to understand the meaning for ourselves. Alex had so much more to accomplish here, but now he will start his new life in peace. Rest easy Alexander; may your mind and soul be carried on through the legend that is you.