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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.
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>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."
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