Philip Jose Farmer, January 26, 1918 - February 25, 2009

Feb 25, 2009 10:38

 Philip José Farmer passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning.

http://www.pjfarmer.com/

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gomeza February 25 2009, 23:29:35 UTC
Well crud.

He belonged to (in fact, I think he was one of the founding members) of a Sherlock Holmes appreciation club I went to a few times in Peoria when I was a teenager.

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gomeza February 26 2009, 00:12:02 UTC
Other Peoria luminaries:

Dan Fogelberg (died 2007)

Richard Pryor (died 2005)

I thought there was one other (ie; a fourth) relatively famous person born in Peoria, but I can't think it might have been. When I did a google search for "celebrities" and "Peoria", the majority of the "celebrities" born in Peoria, Illinois seem to be porn stars.

I...

I got nothin'.

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