Dave Arneson
In the early 1980s Arneson established his own game company Adventure Games which produced the miniature games Johnny Reb and Harpoon.  Arneson had a cameo in the 2001 Dungeons & Dragons movie as a mage. In 2002 he suffered a stroke. He was working as a game designer, reviewer, video historian and lecturer. He was a recluse. He died in 2009.