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Dave Arneson health update
« Thread Started on Apr 5, 2009, 12:06pm »
From the Arneson family:

Shortly after 11pm on Tuesday, April 7th, Dave Arneson passed away. He was comfortable and with family at the time and his passing was peaceful.

The Arneson family would like to thank everyone for their support over the last few days, and for the support the entire community has shown Dave over the years.

We are in the process of making final arrangements and will provide additional details as we work them out. We will continue to receive cards and letters in Dave's honor. We are planning to hold a public visitation so that anyone wishing to say their goodbye in person has the opportunity to do so.

Cards and letters can continue to be sent:
Dave Arneson
1043 Grand Avenue
Box #257
St. Paul, MN
55105

Visitation will be on April 20th
Time: yet to be determined
Address:
Bradshaw Funeral Home
687 Snelling Avenue South
St. Paul, MN 55105

Old message, now obsolete....
I got this message yesterday from Bob (Robert the Bald) Meyer regarding the health of Dave Arneson. As everyone knows, Dave is co-creator of our favorite hobby game and has been a frequent poster here.

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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.

This one came in today. Bob’s original plan was to hold off on an announcement, but I convinced him that it would be nice to get the information out right away. My hope is that Bob can track down an address so folks here can send cards and flowers to demonstrate to Dave just what he has meant to our community.

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I will see what I can do about getting an address, and will post this on your forum.

Clearly, this is devastating to Dave’s family as well as his gaming friends. :( Updates will be posted here as I get them.

EDIT: Update as of 4/8/09 for anyone who has not found the] other thread.

Apr 7, 2009, 4:43pm, arnesonfamily wrote:
As of this writing, Dave is still with us. We have moved him into a facility where we can focus on keeping him comfortable. We have been and will continue to watch the forums and blogs and are passing along everyone's thoughts and prayers. Right now our focus is on getting Dave into the best possible position to maintain his comfort and his dignity. We will update the community as we can. We want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers and ask that you continue to send Dave your support in whatever form that means to you.

An address has been established to receive messages to Dave.

Dave Arneson
1043 Grand Avenue
Box #257
St. Paul, MN
55105

Please do not call or visit! The family has asked that all contact be in the form of posts on forums such as this one or by sending cards to the address listed above.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #1 on Apr 5, 2009, 12:20pm »
My thoughts are with Dave and his family.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #2 on Apr 5, 2009, 1:53pm »
This is sad news. My prayers are with Dave and his family during this trying time.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #3 on Apr 5, 2009, 2:07pm »
This is terrible news. My thoughts and prayers are with Dave and his family.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #4 on Apr 5, 2009, 2:20pm »
This is not good news. Dave and his family will be in my prayers.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #5 on Apr 5, 2009, 2:28pm »
Thanks, Dave!

May he do better than expected.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #6 on Apr 5, 2009, 2:46pm »
I was hoping...wishing it would never come to this :(

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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #7 on Apr 5, 2009, 2:55pm »
My best wishes for Dave and his family. I'll have them in my prayers.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #8 on Apr 5, 2009, 4:55pm »
Horrible news... i hope Mr. Arneson will make it though.. my thoughts go out to him and his family.. been a sad past year or so for the gaming community..
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #9 on Apr 5, 2009, 5:42pm »
It would be a tremendous tragedy to lose Dave so soon after losing Gary. All by best hopes and thoughts go to him and his family. I hope he pulls through.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #10 on Apr 5, 2009, 5:55pm »
I will keep Dave in my prayers.

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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #11 on Apr 5, 2009, 6:32pm »
Oh this is sad news. I found this site through this news, not the best way to find a site and make my first post but here I am.

I have had many years of fun with D&D and other games from TSR. and I met Dave and talked a bit with him at Gen-Con in 2007 and enjoyed talking to him quite a bit. I am not very religious, but may all the gods with any power in this world Help Dave recover from this to live on many more years.

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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #12 on Apr 5, 2009, 7:19pm »
I made the mistake of releasing the information about David before I checked with his daughter. She does not want anyone trying to visit David or sending him anything. I have just talked to her and explained what I had done, and she said that it is okay for it to be on this forum. She understands how people feel about her father. Greg's post was in response to an e-mail I had sent to him. It is just fine to keep this post up, and I apologize to everyone(especially Greg) for my mistake.
I did visit David with some of his other friends and it went very well. He was able to participate in the conversation easily, and we ended up staying with him for a couple hours before he tired too much. I think this should be the last update I should provide until afterwards.
Once again my profound apologies to everyone.
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #13 on Apr 5, 2009, 8:35pm »
Well... crap. My apologies for promulgating it further from OD&D Discussion. I will see what I can do about deleting the other posts I have made, but it is a little late, as many folks have seen and already responded to them.

If I can't delete them (and as all have been responded to, I likely can't), I will pass on the request that there be no attempts to contact him. I know what that can be like, having gone through it with Bob Bledsaw...
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Re: Dave Arneson health update
« Reply #14 on Apr 5, 2009, 9:22pm »

Apr 5, 2009, 8:35pm, James Mishler wrote:
Well... crap. My apologies for promulgating it further from OD&D Discussion. I will see what I can do about deleting the other posts I have made, but it is a little late, as many folks have seen and already responded to them.

If I can't delete them (and as all have been responded to, I likely can't), I will pass on the request that there be no attempts to contact him. I know what that can be like, having gone through it with Bob Bledsaw...


Why delete the posts ? Personally I think people should know about his condition so that they can wish him well even if it is just to do so in this thread. (not saying that everyone should know where he is though)

I understand that his daughter doesn't want any real contact that is understandable he needs his rest and doesn't need to deal with loads of people visiting or sending who knows what to him.

Robertthebald... Please if you see him again soon let him know that people here are thinking of him and wishing him well. I know I am even though I am new to this forum.
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