Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 20:53:05 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFAList at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: Charles Sheffield  R.I.P.
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

From: wiml at underhill.hhhh.org (Wim Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: [WSFA] Charles Sheffield  R.I.P.
Date: 2 Nov 2002 20:41:17 GMT

According to a post on sff.net, Charles Sheffield passed away this morning.

From: Julie E. Czerneda
Subject: [WSFA] Sad news
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 11:19:31 -0500

I'm very sorry to tell you that we lost Charles Sheffield this morning. His
wife, Nancy Kress, was with him until the end.

Charles was a brilliant, charming person, who basically personified
everything you'd imagine in a true gentleman and want in a friend.

If you have a copy of PACKING FRACTION, you might want to reread his story.
It was the first piece of fiction I ever bought as an editor. I'll never
forget how excited and eager Charles was to help me, or how much he believed
in science and science fiction as a way to open the minds of young people.

He'll not be replaced. I know he'll be remembered.

Julie

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      Wim Lewis <wiml at hhhh.org>, Seattle, WA, USA. PGP keyID 27F772C1