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Calendar Events / Announcements '08 II / Re: OT: Forrest J Ackerman: The End May Be Near
« on: November 05, 2008, 04:30:24 PM »
Thanks, David. I had heard this news through the grapevine. Really quite sad.
Uncle Forry was in a number of films as a cameo performer, always a fun turn. His mag offered up my first visions of the magic of fantasy films, horror and, as he liked to call it "scientifiction." I have a memory of my grandfather buying a copy of FM for my sister and me on an outing when I was 7 or so, to my mother's chagrin.
I don't think younger fans today realize how much FM and similar mags meant to us back in those pre-Internet, pre-DVD days. They were a vital link with the people and films we loved.
Vale Forry!
G.
Uncle Forry was in a number of films as a cameo performer, always a fun turn. His mag offered up my first visions of the magic of fantasy films, horror and, as he liked to call it "scientifiction." I have a memory of my grandfather buying a copy of FM for my sister and me on an outing when I was 7 or so, to my mother's chagrin.
I don't think younger fans today realize how much FM and similar mags meant to us back in those pre-Internet, pre-DVD days. They were a vital link with the people and films we loved.
Vale Forry!
G.