James M. at Grognardia (*incorrectly*) reports that Dave Arneson has passed away.

[El Mahdi]

The Celestial All-Star D&D Game is now beginning!

We'll miss you Dave!

Tell Gary we said Hi and we miss him.

 

[Guild Goodknife]

Rest in Peace, Dave. May you game on in an afterlife of your choice.

 

[Wycen]

God speed.

 

[S'mon]

From Grognardia: GROGNARDIA

Dave Arneson is Still with Us
The report of Dave's death I received was apparently mistaken. I had been told by someone who had worked with Dave in recent years that Dave had passed away earlier today, but this seems not to be the case. He is currently in a hospice where he is being cared for at this time.

I am both glad to hear that Dave is not dead, as I was led to believe, and rather mortified at my having posted this information before it had been confirmed by a second source. I had no reason to doubt my original source, given his close proximity to Dave, but apparently I should have.

My apologies to everyone to whom my post has caused distress. I can't begin to describe how embarrassed I feel right now, particularly since I should have known better.

 

[thedungeondelver]

From Grognardia: GROGNARDIA

Dave Arneson is Still with Us
The report of Dave's death I received was apparently mistaken. I had been told by someone who had worked with Dave in recent years that Dave had passed away earlier today, but this seems not to be the case. He is currently in a hospice where he is being cared for at this time.

I am both glad to hear that Dave is not dead, as I was led to believe, and rather mortified at my having posted this information before it had been confirmed by a second source. I had no reason to doubt my original source, given his close proximity to Dave, but apparently I should have.

My apologies to everyone to whom my post has caused distress. I can't begin to describe how embarrassed I feel right now, particularly since I should have known better.

Facepalm

Glad Dave's still with us though.

 

[Phaezen]

Glad Dave's still with us though.

This is happyish news.

Still in his honour, and with the hope of a speedy recovery, I will be pulling my red box out of storage and running a game for some friends on Friday.

Phaezen

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Oh, well, thank goodness for that, then.

 

[Aexalon]

Can someone change the thread title to reflect this retraction?

 

[Umbran]

I edited the thread title. Hope you don't mind.

 

[Gryffyn]

I can add an independent confirmation that Dave is still with us. I have a mutual friend with Dave, who spoke to his family not long ago. He is in a hospice, and is still with us, though for how long none can really say.