Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:14:08 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: fan editor Bill Bowers passes away
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> rw_lynch at yahoo.com 4/18/2005 5:05:35 PM >>>
>I received word today via a fan listserve that long time
>fan editor Bill Bowers died last night.  He was the Fan
>Guest of Honor at the 1978 Worldcon (Iguanacon) and a
>six-time Hugo Award nominee.  He was also elected as Trans
>Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) delegate in 1976, but as the
>election ended in a tie (with Roy Tackett) and there was
>only enough money to send one representative, Bowers
>withdrew in favor of Tackett.
>
>I'd known Bill for more than 20 years, though the only time
>we crossed paths in the past decade or so was at the annual
>Midwestcon in Cincinnati.  Every year he was a constant
>there, even as his health deteriorated and he became
>frailer.  But no more.  He will be missed.

Sad news indeed.

More here:
http://trufen.net/article.pl?sid=05/04/18/1953246&mode=nested&threshold=-1

mjw