# Creator of Diplomacy game has died **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937 "2013-03-03T19:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/1 "2013-03-03T19:35:18Z")
An interesting story - he was a postal carrier, among many other things! [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-calhamer-obit-20130303,0,2174217.story?page=1](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-calhamer-obit-20130303,0,2174217.story?page=1) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/2 "2013-03-03T20:01:21Z")
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/3 "2013-03-03T20:43:01Z")
☹ indeed No word on cause of death, but hopefully he wasn’t stabbed in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/4 "2013-03-04T01:37:13Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > ☹ indeed > No word on cause of death, but hopefully he wasn’t stabbed in the back. Occupational hazard! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/5 "2013-03-04T02:03:57Z")
Wow. That’s someone that I would not have guessed was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/6 "2013-03-04T02:04:10Z")
Nice obit, sounded like a really good guy. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/7 "2013-03-04T19:24:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > No word on cause of death, but hopefully he wasn’t stabbed in the back. He was expecting support from Austria-Hungary. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/8 "2013-03-04T20:15:40Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > No word on cause of death, but hopefully he wasn’t stabbed in the back. Natural causes. He paid a visit to the World Championships in Chicago last year, but it was clear at the time that he had seen better days. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-diplomacy-game-has-died/651937/9 "2013-03-06T17:35:25Z")
Shame. Now his group will never finish that first playtest game.