Deaths March 2008

The first quar­ter of 2008 isn’t over yet and already two men who shaped my world have passed on.

To use what is by now a cliché, Gary Gygax failed his last sav­ing throw on the 4th of March. Thanks Gary, for all the hours of imag­i­na­tion, joy and friend­ship your cre­ation brought me and count­less other geeks across the mul­ti­verse. I will never for­get the days of “Traps? Pfft! I boot the door down.”. The Order of the Stick put it more elo­quently then I ever could, so the strip shall have to speak for me.

Jeff Healey was a giant of music, and it is crim­i­nal that he is not held in higher regard by the gen­eral pub­lic. Few knew that his real love was for old Amer­i­can jazz or that he played the trum­pet and clar­inet expertly. Here he is at his incen­di­ary best absolutely rip­ping it up on the title track from his debut album “See The Light” with a lit­tle help from Dr. John, Mar­cus Miller and Omar Hakim.

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