Wow. That's a hell of a shock. So the Grand Old Egg of Coot is gone...
Gygax and Arneson really were the founding fathers of our hobby. I'd heard he'd been unwell but had no idea it was so serious. 69 seems somehow to be far too young to be moving on up to the next level...
I played a hell of a lot of D&D in my younger days, and have some real memories of the GDQ series - my first big campaign both as player then as DM.
God bless, Gary, and thanks for starting all this off, for providing so many happy memories and so much fun.
Sarah