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Article #181Gordon Dickson Dies
From: Joseph W. Casey
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 04:52
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 04:52
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>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:47:29 -0800 >Reply-To: SMOFS <SMOFS@sflovers.rutgers.edu> >Sender: SMOFS <SMOFS@sflovers.rutgers.edu> >From: Brian Burley <ursafelix@yahoo.com> >To: SMOFS@sflovers.rutgers.edu > >Forwarded by BLB > >This just came in from Len Rosenberg. >--------------- >Gordon R. Dickson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died this morning around >0800. He was famous for his Dorsai series of novels. More information as to >when and where the Funeral (or Memorial) Service will be will follow as soon >as I know. > >George > >Another friend sends the following: > >"He'd been in failing health for some time, so this wasn't a total surprise >but it was still bad news indeed. The news produced one of the few periods >of dead silence I've seen at a Malibu lunch. > >An old friend once described being in Gordy's company: "It's like he >projects a field. While you're with him, you match him drink for drink >and flow with wit and humor. It's not till he gets up and leaves that you >realize how much you consumed, and that you're under the table!" It's >apt: Gordy possessed tremendous vitality, wit, and charm, as well as a >prodigious capacity, and those around him were affected by it. Seeing >Gordy in person was as much a treat as reading his books, and that >can't be said for a lot of us. > >I'll miss the writing, the music, and the man." -- ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM What a long strange trip it's been!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4885,a196d35953cf2137,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf4885,public X-Google-Thread: 1074bc,a196d35953cf2137,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1074bc,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-01 20:55:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!204.71.34.3!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.mt.sfl.net!news.onramp.ca!freenet-news!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ek150 From: ek150@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Joseph W. Casey) Newsgroups: alt.fandom.cons,can.arts.sf Subject: Gordon Dickson Dies Date: 2 Feb 2001 04:52:11 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 38 Message-ID: <95dedr$cvl$1@freenet9.carleton.ca> Reply-To: ek150@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Joseph W. Casey) NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet10 X-Trace: freenet9.carleton.ca 981089531 13301 134.117.136.30 (2 Feb 2001 04:52:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: complaints@ncf.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Feb 2001 04:52:11 GMT X-Given-Sender: ek150@freenet10.carleton.ca (Joseph W. Casey)