Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:53:12 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Bruce Pelz: Aug. 11, 1936 - May 9, 2002
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>From the SMOFs list . . .
I am without words.

>>> hazel at BOSTONBADEN.COM 05/10/02 01:29AM >>>
Bruce Pelz: Aug. 11, 1936 - May 9, 2002

Bruce Pelz, Fanzine Archivist, Fanhistorian, Fellow of NESFA, Worldcon
Chair, "The Elephant," Fandom's Institutional Memory, passed away the
evening of May 9th, 2002.

He fainted at about 6:00 pm. Elayne Pelz, his wife, called 9-1-1, they
rushed him to the hospital. His heart stopped at the hospital. More =
details
will be posted as they are available.

Bruce is survived by his wife Elayne, his daughter Cecy, and innumerable
friends of all ages.

Elayne has requested that nobody try to contact her. She is secluded, she =
is
not taking calls, her father and Jordan are taking care of her.

When Larry Niven announced this at the LASFS meeting tonight, there =
occurred
the first and only instance of a spontaneous minute of silence in the =
club's
history, as the fans in the room sat, stunned. The meeting was immediately
adjourned. A memorial is being planned, details will be announced later.

Messages, reminiscences, et cetera may be posted to the following web
address:

http://www.lasfs.org/lasfs/bruce/

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