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In 1975, Gygax and Kaye were only 36 years old, and Kaye had not made any specific provision in his will regarding his one-third share of the company.

When he unexpectedly died of a heart attack in January 1975, his share of TSR passed to his wife, a woman whom Gygax characterized as " less than personable ... After Don died she dumped all the Tactical Studies Rules materials off on my front porch.

It would have been impossible to manage a business with her involved as a partner.

" Neither Gygax nor Blume had the money to buy the shares owned by Kaye's wife, and Blume persuaded Gygax to allow his father, Melvin Blume, to buy the shares and take Kaye's place as an equal partner.

Later, Brian Blume persuaded Gygax to allow his brother, Kevin Blume, to purchase the shares from Melvin.

This gave the Blume brothers a controlling interest at TSR, Inc.