E. Gary Gygax was born on July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Ernest Gary Gygax. He was a producer, known for Dungeons & Dragons (1983), Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Mystery (1981) and Dungeons & Dragons (2022). He was married to Gail Carpenter. He died on March 4, 2008 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA.