Osborn, also known as Pup Alpha, wrote that Tank 'entrusted me to be the executor of his estate, a duty that I thought I would never have to fulfill.'īoth Chapman and Osborn were romantically linked to Dylan Ray Hafertepen, a well-known member of the Dom/sub pup play communities in San Francisco and, later, Seattle. He fought very hard, seeming to get a tiny bit better day by day, until the terrible moment that we were told nothing more could be done.' Osborn wrote: 'He seemed fine, doing the things he loved-working out, caring for clients as part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, and spending time with his family-until a week ago when he had trouble breathing and was admitted to the hospital with what we figured was a routine infection. According to an October 16 Facebook post written by Chuck Osborn, Tank died 'due to a previously undiagnosed lung ailment.'
On October 15, 2018, a 28-year-old Australian-born Seattle resident named Jack Chapman, also known as Pup Tank, died.