Another sad day
I just found out from Yoshi that the legendary Gary Gygax died today (yesterday here in Hong Kong) at the age of 69. If you’re not familiar with the name, you may have heard of Dungeons & Dragons that Gary helped to create. Gary was also the co-founder of the now defunct TSR that was bought by Wizards of the Coast quite a few years ago. More information on Gary Gygax can be found on his Wikipedia page.
I got into the original Dungeons & Dragons when I was little, back before there even was an Advanced version with multiple hardcover manuals. I’ve practically grown up seeing Gary’s name on one book or game or another all my life till I had to basically give up role-playing as I got older and had less time to devote to it. Video games helped with that too.
It seems that a lot of famous people have been dying lately (Jeff Healey only a few days ago) but that’s not really accurate. Famous people die all the time, it’s just that I’ve reached an age where the people who made a difference in my life are getting older and dying so I take more notice. That’s one of the problems with getting older: the older you get, the more people die during your lifetime. And eventually you and I will be that dead person who made a difference in someone else’s life and hopefully some people will take notice of our passing.
Rest in peace Gary.
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