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Forrest J. Ackerman has a message for you from beyond the grave
scifiwire.com - 3/17/2009
Forrest J. Ackerman has a message for you from beyond the grave
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Forrest J. Ackerman—the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi,"—left a video farewell for his fans, filmed just a few days before his passing last year. You can watch it after the jump.

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