Obituaries
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Ray Bradbury
August 22, 1920 — May 6, 2012
Tales from Ray Bradbury’s imagination have become an integral part of American culture. He was primarily a writer of short stories, although he wrote novels, screenplays, television scripts, poetry, and non-fiction. His stories, which appear in hundreds of anthologies have also been adapted for motion pictures, comic books, and the theatre.
Obituary by John L. Coker III
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Edd Cartier
August 1, 1914 — December 25, 2008
Edward Daniel Cartier was a pulp magazine and book illustrator who specialized in humorous science fiction and fantasy art. Known professionally as Edd Cartier, he studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where one of his teachers was pulp artist H. W. Scott. Cartier graduated in 1936 and was hired by Street & Smith Publishers, where he went to work illustrating their various pulp magazines, including The Shadow.
In Memoriam: Edd Cartier by Jon D. Swartz
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James "Rusty" Hevelin
February 16, 1922 - December 27, 2011
Rusty was a genuine enthusiast, who enjoyed reading, collecting, publishing, and making books and magazines available to generations of people who knew him as a friend. Throughout his life he could be easily found on the weekends in a huckster room or sitting on panel discussions at conventions around the world.
Obituary by John L. Coker III
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Ben Jason
March 18, 1917 – May 16, 2003
Ben Jason will probably best be remembered as a photographer – making pictures for decades at many Worldcon masquerades and banquets – and as a world-class collector and long-time supplier of rare science fiction (SF) books and magazines.
Remembering Ben Jason by John L. Coker III
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Erle Melvin Korshak
October 29, 1923 -- August 25, 2021
Starting from the time he was a child and lasting throughout his entire life, Erle M. Korshak looked ahead to the promise of a brighter future that was portrayed in many of his favorite SF stories from the age of wonder.
Obituary by John L. Coker III
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David A. Kyle
February 14, 1919 — September 19, 2016
David Ackerman Kyle was an actifan from the early 1930s until his death in 2016, making his fannish career among the longest ever. He chaired a Worldcon, NYCon II in 1956, and was Fan GoH at Constellation, the 1983 Worldcon.
As of 2011, he had attended more Worldcons than any other science fiction fan or pro.
Obituary by John L. Coker III
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Robert A. Madle
June 2, 1920 — October 8, 2022
Robert Albert Madle, who died at age 102 in October 2022, was the last of the First Fans who remained active in fandom throughout his lifetime. He was Worldcon FGoH at SunCon in 1977, and was nominated for the 1956 Best Feature Writer Hugo.
In Memoriam: Robert A. Madle by John L. Coker III and Jon. D. Swartz
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Samuel A. Moskowitz
June 30, 1920 — April 15, 1997
Samuel Moskowitz, aka SaM, was one of the creators of fandom, a member of First Fandom, chairman of the first Worldcon, writer, critic, book and fanzine collector, and historian of the field. He was large man — one friend described him as "physically massive" — with a booming voice.
Obit Notice for Sam Moskowitz by Robert A. Madle
Sam Moskowitz by John L. Coker III
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Conrad H. Ruppert
November 12, 1912 -- August 28, 1997
Conrad H. Ruppert (1912-1997) was an early science fiction (SF) fan who made numerous and significant contributions to sf fandom during the mid-1920s through the early-1940s, but he will probably best be remembered as a photographer and provider of printing services.
Conrad H. Ruppert and the World of Tomorrow by John L. Coker III