Stodghill is listed as becoming the Chairman of AWA LLC, which runs the Anime Weekend Atlanta convention, in May 2013.
A GoFundMe campaign for Stodghill that opened on July 18 stated that he was fighting cancer and was in the ICU.
Voice actor Christopher Sabat and anime convention Anime Weekend Atlanta both reported on Twitter on Saturday that Marlon Stodghill, a founder and Chairman for many anime conventions in the United States, has passed away.
The GoFundMe campaign stated that he had insurance, and the campaign was accepting donations for the Cancer Research Institute.