To quote capthek, death sucks.

[theseamster]

Sci-Fi's Grand Old Man, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies

I didn't really know the him at all, but the one story/memory I can share is that Forry was a guest for our very first year of Convergence waaay back in '99. The first film we ever showed in Cinema Rex was Metropolis and Forry showed up to watch it. Before we rolled the movie he said he just had

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[michaellee]

That's a great story -- I'm sure that at some point we'll have a Forry write up -- either in our ten year memory book. I always thought it was fitting that Forry was the First CONvergence guest, and that's a great example why.

[theseamster]

Yeah, I'd be happy to pass that along, probably with a bit of editing/rewriting. It's not that important, but maybe John or Zvie will have a closer recollection of the number he gave.