I just read this as well... guess he didn't make his saving throw... I paid this guy a ton of money when I was a kid.
Beat me to the punch... Im sending out my Gnome Illusionist-Theif, Chuckie Splayer to get a lock of his hair as a quest....
D&D was a gateway drug into the occult for so many.. some of my fondest memories were spent with humanoids, demons & hideous piles of putrid muck. Thanks Gary.