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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 13:53:27
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I've only seen blog and forum posts (like here) regarding a downturn in Mr. Arneson's cancer battle, so take this with a grain of salt until we can corroborate the story.
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David's cancer has unexpectedly worsened just this week, to the point that he is in the hospital. He is heavily sedated and not doing well. He is not expected to live for more than a couple days, if that long.
The family is requesting that no one try to visit or send anything to him.
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 13:58:57
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Thanks.
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 14:04:56
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| More bad news. Unfortunately it seems like there is little reason to doubt the information. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 14:15:13
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| Man I hate Cancer. My fiancee and I have both lost loved ones to it. Here's hoping Mr.Arneson fights it off as best he can. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 15:49:47
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Sorry to hear that. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:02:19
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Originally posted by Alisttair
Man I hate Cancer. My fiancee and I have both lost loved ones to it. Here's hoping Mr.Arneson fights it off as best he can.
I lost my grandmother to cancer, and a dear friend of mine recently died of breast cancer -- just shy of her 34th birthday.
It sucks that we're losing another of the original guys.  |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:17:46
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Ah, tough news. My thoughts are with him.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:20:55
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
It sucks that we're losing another of the original guys.
Indeed. Another of the "legendary First Ones." The world will no doubt seem just a little darker when they all gone.
It's up to the rest of us to carry their flames forward. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:26:34
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Damn... the 'Blackmoor man' is leaving us as well...
The co-creator of the hobby that has brought us all such joy.
Tis another sad day... seems to be an unsettling trend of late. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 18:01:12
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It's sad that he looks like he is passing over. However, we all die in the end. What matters is that you do something with your life (if you can) whilst you're here.
Dave Arneson (like Gary Gygax) has created something that made millions of people happy. His actions will be remembered as will his name.
My grandmother died last year. I miss her but I wasn't sad at her passing. "I've lived a good life and I've enjoyed it," she said. Something to aspire too. |
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Ateth Istarlin
Seeker
United Kingdom
80 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 12:33:24
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Damn, another empty chair?
First Gary, then my Dad (just before Christmas & also from cancer) & now DA?
Soon i wont have any heros left! |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 19:13:50
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 21:17:35
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Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
From what I have seen several places (the Piazza, Dragonsfoot, Gronardia)it seems like Dave Arneson has passed away. I don't think its been officially confirmed though.
Rest in peace Dave. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 21:41:20
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| Let's wait for official word. I've seen a lot of 'doom-saying' on the various threads since the news first came out and rather wait for word from his family. |
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Penknight
Senior Scribe
USA
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 23:59:58
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Man, I hate this kind of stuff. I obviously don't know Mr. Arneson personally but his work has had a tremendous and positive impact on my life, as it has on everybody's here. And I just visited my 93 year old grandmother this weekend--she was having a good day, thank God.
This stuff gets so complicated and trying with "quality of life" issues and conflicting needs and wants warring with one another. I just hope Dave Arneson and his loved ones are receiving excellent care and have better-than-adequate emotional, spiritual and (alas, it's an issue in our culture and country) financial resources to draw on right now. It seems a little ghoulish looking in from the outside like this, but that's always the way with somebody whose life and work is big enough to touch the wider world. Even though the very best may seem a dismal prospect, I wish it for them nonetheless.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 08 Apr 2009 : 23:58:13
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Its now been confirmed by his daughter that he has passed on. :(
Originally Posted by Rainsford
I heard rumors he was hospitalized yesterday (or late the day before) and further rumors of his passing. I just got a confirmation from an industry veteran:
"It is now confirmed. Dave's daughter Malia called me a few minutes ago to tell me that Dave passed away last night in the company of his family.
There will be a memorial at the funeral home April 20th, and a service at the church April 21st. Anyone who feels inspired to come is welcome. Flowers can be sent to the funeral home:
Bradshaw, 678 Snelling Ave South, St Paul, MN 55116
Details on which charity you could donate to in his name, will be forthcoming from the relatives shortly." |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Penknight
Senior Scribe
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 02:04:19
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 03:33:05
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| Sleep well, sweet prince. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 03:39:54
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| I am going to try and make it to the memorial service if it's open to the public. Kuje, can you let me know the details when they're available? You can reach me through here. PM me if you need my email address. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 04:10:15
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Rest in Peace, Dave. Thank you for the memories. 
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 04:15:34
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
I am going to try and make it to the memorial service if it's open to the public. Kuje, can you let me know the details when they're available? You can reach me through here. PM me if you need my email address.
Will do if I see any posts on ENworld, which is where I pulled that earlier post from. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 08:49:14
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| Rest in Peace, Dave. |
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arry
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
317 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 11:27:49
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| You helped create my favourite hobby; you helped create many lives, thank you. You will be missed |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 14:54:15
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So passeth another of the Giants among us...
Rest in Peace, Dave! May the Dice Gods be gentle on your soul! |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 15:36:26
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| Sorry to hear. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Lenora Ilvastarr
Acolyte
USA
22 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 16:53:25
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I can't really think of anything else to say. Others have expressed my own feelings. My condolences to his family. He will be greatly missed. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Dave Arneson hospitalized
