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Interplay co-founder and LGBTQ+ icon Rebecca Heineman dies from cancer

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Interplay co-founder and veteran game designer Rebecca Heineman has died at the age of 62 following a cancer diagnosis earlier this year. The news has been shared on social media by numerous friends and former colleagues of Heineman, including Heidi McDonald and Brian Fargo, while the latest post to a GoFundMe the developer set up to raise funds for treatment says that page's funds will now go towards Heineman's family making funeral arrangements.

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