In Remembrance:2007
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I don't know how this one slipped by.
Author Lloyd Alexander died May 17, 2007.
http://www.nndb.com/people/057/000044922/
Author Lloyd Alexander died May 17, 2007.
http://www.nndb.com/people/057/000044922/
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Liz Clairborne, the American fashion icon who revolutionized the way working women dressed, died Tuesday. She was 78.
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Television writer Robert Vincent Wright
The Los Angeles Times is reporting the death of television writer Robert Vincent Wright, of acute bronchitis and pneumonia, on 17 June 2007. The Times credits Wright with episodes of Lost in Space, The Wild Wild West, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Fantasy Island. Of those genre scripts, IMDB lists only The Wild Wild West and four episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Wright was working as the supervisor of motion pictures in the engineering division of the Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle when he wrote his first TV script, an episode of Maverick.
An agent dropped off the script with one of the show's producers on a Friday afternoon. The next Monday, the agent called Wright to say that his script had not only sold but also would be shot as written.
Wright moved to Van Nuys, California, with his wife and two sons and went on to write dozens of TV episodes. He also served as story editor on Bonanza in the 1970s.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting the death of television writer Robert Vincent Wright, of acute bronchitis and pneumonia, on 17 June 2007. The Times credits Wright with episodes of Lost in Space, The Wild Wild West, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Fantasy Island. Of those genre scripts, IMDB lists only The Wild Wild West and four episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Wright was working as the supervisor of motion pictures in the engineering division of the Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle when he wrote his first TV script, an episode of Maverick.
An agent dropped off the script with one of the show's producers on a Friday afternoon. The next Monday, the agent called Wright to say that his script had not only sold but also would be shot as written.
Wright moved to Van Nuys, California, with his wife and two sons and went on to write dozens of TV episodes. He also served as story editor on Bonanza in the 1970s.
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Author Douglas Hill
Canadian-born author Douglas Hill was killed on 21 June when he was struck by a car while crossing the street in London, England, where he had been living. Born Douglas Arthur Hill in 1935, he had recently finished writing a new fantasy trilogy to be published by MacMillan UK. He began publishing in 1965 with the novel The Supernatural.
His series include:
Last Legionary (Galactic Warlord (1979), Deathwing over Veynaa (1980), Day of the Starwind (1980), Planet of the Warlord (1981), and Young Legionary (1982))
Huntsman (The Huntsman (1982), Warriors of the Wasteland (1983), and Alien Citadel (1984))
Colsec (Exiles of Colsec (1984), The Caves of Klydor (1984), and Colsec Rebellion (1985))
Poisoner (Blade of the Poisoner (1987) and Master of Fiends (1987))
Del Curb, Cosmic Courier (The Fraxilly Fracas (1989) and The Colloghi Conspiracy (1990))
Apotheosis (The Lightless Dome (1993), The Leafless Forest (1994), and The Limitless Bridge (1996))
Cade (Galaxy's Edge (1996), The Moons of Lannamur (1996), and The Phantom Planet (1997))
His stand-alone novels include: The Supernatural (1965); The Exploits of Hercules (1978); The Illustrated Faerie Queene (1980); Have Your Own Extra-terrestrial Adventure (1983); The Moon Monsters (1984); How Jennifer (and Speckle) Saved the Earth (1986); Goblin Party (1988); Penelope's Pendant(1990); The Tale of Trellie the Troog (1991); The Unicorn Dream (1992); The Voyage of MudJack (1993); World of the Stiks (1994); The Magical Tree-castle (1995); Malcolm and the Cloud-Stealer (1995); Fireball and the Hero (1995); The Dragon Charmer (1997); Space Girls Don't Cry (1998); Alien Deeps (2000); Melleron's Monsters (2000); Monster Maze (2001); and [/i]Star Dragon (2002).
Hill also editied anthologies, including: Window on the Future (1966); Way of the Werewolf (1966); The Devil His Due (1967); Warlocks and Warriors (1971); The Shape of Sex to Come (1978); Alien Worlds (1980); and Planetfall (1986).
He was also a nonfiction author of history, biography, and sociology.
Canadian-born author Douglas Hill was killed on 21 June when he was struck by a car while crossing the street in London, England, where he had been living. Born Douglas Arthur Hill in 1935, he had recently finished writing a new fantasy trilogy to be published by MacMillan UK. He began publishing in 1965 with the novel The Supernatural.
His series include:
Last Legionary (Galactic Warlord (1979), Deathwing over Veynaa (1980), Day of the Starwind (1980), Planet of the Warlord (1981), and Young Legionary (1982))
Huntsman (The Huntsman (1982), Warriors of the Wasteland (1983), and Alien Citadel (1984))
Colsec (Exiles of Colsec (1984), The Caves of Klydor (1984), and Colsec Rebellion (1985))
Poisoner (Blade of the Poisoner (1987) and Master of Fiends (1987))
Del Curb, Cosmic Courier (The Fraxilly Fracas (1989) and The Colloghi Conspiracy (1990))
Apotheosis (The Lightless Dome (1993), The Leafless Forest (1994), and The Limitless Bridge (1996))
Cade (Galaxy's Edge (1996), The Moons of Lannamur (1996), and The Phantom Planet (1997))
His stand-alone novels include: The Supernatural (1965); The Exploits of Hercules (1978); The Illustrated Faerie Queene (1980); Have Your Own Extra-terrestrial Adventure (1983); The Moon Monsters (1984); How Jennifer (and Speckle) Saved the Earth (1986); Goblin Party (1988); Penelope's Pendant(1990); The Tale of Trellie the Troog (1991); The Unicorn Dream (1992); The Voyage of MudJack (1993); World of the Stiks (1994); The Magical Tree-castle (1995); Malcolm and the Cloud-Stealer (1995); Fireball and the Hero (1995); The Dragon Charmer (1997); Space Girls Don't Cry (1998); Alien Deeps (2000); Melleron's Monsters (2000); Monster Maze (2001); and [/i]Star Dragon (2002).
Hill also editied anthologies, including: Window on the Future (1966); Way of the Werewolf (1966); The Devil His Due (1967); Warlocks and Warriors (1971); The Shape of Sex to Come (1978); Alien Worlds (1980); and Planetfall (1986).
He was also a nonfiction author of history, biography, and sociology.
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Joel Siegel, the film critic for Good Morning America, has died in New York after a long and remarkably courageous struggle with cancer, at the age of 63.
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Author Fred Saberhagen
SF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77. He began publishing in 1961 with short stories in Galaxy and If magazines, and published first book Berserker in 1967, first in a series about interstellar killing machines programmed to destroy all life.
Saberhagen’s 60+ books also included the Empire of the East sequence, beginning with The Broken Lands (1968), the Dracula sequence, beginning with The Dracula Tape (1975), and two books co-written with Roger Zelazny, Coils (1981) and The Black Throne (1990). His last book was Ardneh’s Sword (Tor, 2006).
The family will announce a date for a Memorial Celebration later this year. Donations would be appreciated to Doctors without Borders, Catholic Relief, SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, and John 23rd Catholic Church in Albuquerque.
SF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77. He began publishing in 1961 with short stories in Galaxy and If magazines, and published first book Berserker in 1967, first in a series about interstellar killing machines programmed to destroy all life.
Saberhagen’s 60+ books also included the Empire of the East sequence, beginning with The Broken Lands (1968), the Dracula sequence, beginning with The Dracula Tape (1975), and two books co-written with Roger Zelazny, Coils (1981) and The Black Throne (1990). His last book was Ardneh’s Sword (Tor, 2006).
The family will announce a date for a Memorial Celebration later this year. Donations would be appreciated to Doctors without Borders, Catholic Relief, SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, and John 23rd Catholic Church in Albuquerque.
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Fred was a very cool guy, whom I was fortunate enough to meet a few times.
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