Ok, so I'm a little late on this one, it's probably been all over LJ.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax I mean, fuck. who next? The general tren with people I like dying would seem....Arthur Clarke. Or James Earl Jones.
oh, and though I'm more or less checked out on LJ I am maintaining a once-or-so a week blog about my adventure to come up with a workable army list for a drop-pod army over at The Bolter and Chainsword:
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=314& ...if you're interested.