Dead Celebrities aren't much fun

[Old Black Man]

How are the DHI mods going to do their weekly circle jerks without Skype?

That’s what the secret discord is for.

[Msauce]

https://www.gizmodo.com/ernie-gygax-jr- ... 2000570230

Ernie Gygax Jr., son of Dungeons and Dragons creator Gary Gygax and designer for Dugeons and Dragons died.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

At the time, Gygax Jr. came under fire for several public appearances to promote the third TSR—itself already in dispute with the second TSR over repurposing of the company’s name—where he made disparaging racist and transphobic remarks and decried Wizards of the Coasts’ ownership of Dungeons & Dragons, accusing the publisher of kowtowing to pressure as it tried to address the game’s historic relationship to racial stereotypes.

Based.

[wulfenlord]

made disparaging racist and transphobic remarks

>what they want you to believe
PICK UP YOUR CLUBS BOYS, TONIGHT WE HUNT SOME SUBHUMAN TRANNIES!
>what possibly transpired
Gaming always was for everyone, just don't bring your depression and mental illness into it, ok guys? It's supposed to be an escape from reality

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

The failed history of the TSR wannabe successors is one for the ages. I think at least one dreamed about an amusement park.

[Kugelfisch]

He was 95. She was 62. The dog was probably younger than that.

Nobody mentioned it but I appreciate that morbid joke.

[Msauce]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/arts ... -dead.html

David Johansen, the frontman of the rock band The New York Dolls died at the age of 75.

[RAPEMAN]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/arts ... -dead.html

David Johansen, the frontman of the rock band The New York Dolls died at the age of 75.

Last Doll.

[Msauce]

https://www.startribune.com/joey-mollan ... /601230150

Joey Molland, the last member of the rock band Badfinger died at the age of 77.

[Le Redditeur]

Stupid bit didn't catch this one: Boris Spassky, world chess champion from 69 to 72, died February 27th at the age of 88.