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/ Adam Richardson

John Romero is Alive

John Romero from IonStorm made a .plan update talking about the news stories of his death which where reported last night.

Here is the latest August 1998 note from the PC gaming front: John Romero is Alive.

John Romero from IonStorm made a .plan update talking about the news stories of his death which where reported last night. They had said John had been killed by a gunshot to the head, also their was an article in the current issue of Texas Monthly, in which a picture of John, dead and a bullet through his head (it was ofcouse down with makeup).

But quickly the rumors had stopped, after John made an apperance in IRC.