Boudewijn Wayers was the creator of the very first Nethack Home Page. I have no idea where he is now, but he's listed among the alumni of the Nethack Dev Team.
He wrote a spoiler for Nethack called To Die: 50 Ways to Leave Your Game, which was a cataloging of ways to die in that game. This used t
I died from walking down stairs wielding a cockatrice corpse while encumbered.
More than once.
A lot more.
I am not a smart man.
I have died so many dumber ways