back in the days of yore of the first M&B there was an active forummite named Grunwalder, he was very popular but one day disapeared from the forums, a while later a relative of his revealed he had died of cancer and to honor his memory he got Grunwalder the founding father of the Rhodoks named after him (and the castle constructed where Grunwalder fell in lore)
Except it was all faked since people noticed he registered warband and with fire & sword long after his supposed "tragic" death and then a moderator confirmed he was seen doing the same thing on other gamming forums.
Christing hell, the amount of people that have 'died' on forums I've been on and later found to be BSing is depressingly high.