RIP Forry

[threemonkeys]

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Forrest J Ackerman dead at 92. The ultimate fan is gone.

I have one lasting memory of Forry. I happened to have the Hotel room next to him at a con and we kept bumping into each other in the corridor and the lift. He greeted me, essentially a complete stranger, every time like a dear friend and we talked about the con and other stuff. He had met so many people over the years that he assumed that everybody was his friend. Not a bad way to approach fandom.

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Actually, not the same con - at Forrycon I barely spoke to him - being quite new to fandom and not knowing what to say. I was so glad of the chance to remedy that some years later in L.A.