# Gary Gygax misses his saving throw

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078 "2008-03-04T19:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barry\_From\_Eastenders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Barry\_From\_Eastenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barry_From_Eastenders)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078/1 "2008-03-04T19:35:56Z")

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Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator dies at 69 - Yahoo! News  
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap\_on\_re\_us/obit\_gygax\_2](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_on_re_us/obit_gygax_2)

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**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078/2 "2008-03-04T19:42:30Z")

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Hi Bazza! I see you’ve landed on your feet, har har…

Is this guy’s name really “Gygax?”

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078/3 "2008-03-04T19:43:37Z")

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I just saw that, and it was a bit of a shock.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078/4 "2008-03-04T19:52:39Z")

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[Earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9541050)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-gygax-misses-his-saving-throw/440078/5 "2008-03-04T20:16:08Z")

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I’m going to close this thread; go to the other thread, as linked by **KneadToKnow**