Doris Self

Doris Self (September 18, 1925 – October 3, 2006) was an American video game competitor who gained recognition in 1984 as "oldest competitive videogamer", at the age of 58.

The documentary film The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters detailed Self's quest to recover her standing as the "oldest champion" from John Lawton, the 72-year-old co-founder of the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire, who had captured the world title on Depthcharge.

She was one of the featured stars at the Classic Gaming Expo-UK, held Saturday, August 13, 2005, in Croydon, United Kingdom.

And, in 1954, while working with legendary air ace Eddie Rickenbacker, she co-organized "The Silver Liners", the first association for ex-stewardesses.

Today, one of the DC-3s she used to fly on in the 1940s is hanging from the ceiling of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.[7] Self had still been practicing and preparing for her next world record attempt on Q*bert when she died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Plantation, Florida, on October 3, 2006.