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- Birth nameErnest Gary Gygax
- E. Gary Gygax was born on July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Dungeons & Dragons (1983), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Mystery (1981) and Futurama (1999). He was married to Gail Carpenter. He died on March 4, 2008 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA.
- SpouseGail Carpenter(1988 - March 4, 2008) (his death, 4 children)
- The father of the RPG (Role Playing Game) he is best known for co-writing, with Dave Arneson, and co-publishing, with Don Kaye, the famous Dungeons & Dragons role playing game.
- Samuel Adams beer and butter milk were his preferred after work drink. He later switched to red wine after his strokes.
- The creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.
- Was associated with Jim Holloway, who did much 'Dungeons and Dragons' artwork.
- When he moved to Hollywood to produce the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons (1983) and an unmade Dungeons and Dragons movie (different from Dungeons & Dragons (2000)), he was in the middle of a cocaine addiction. He got clean when he moved back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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