latimes.com - 12/6/2008
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Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror-movie fans with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and spent a lifetime amassing what has been called the world's largest personal collection of science-fiction and fantasy memorabilia, has died. He was 92. Ackerman, a writer, ...
io9.com - 12/5/2008
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io9.com —
Forrest Ackerman, creator of Famous Monsters magazine and
Ray Bradbury's former literary agent, has died at age
91. The L.A. Times has a great article about touring his Ackermansion and seeing his amazing collection of memorabilia — the fate of which is unclear — and hearing how he first fell ...
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R.I.P. Forrest J. Ackerman [Forrest Ackerman]
google.com - 12/6/2008
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google.com —
Sci-fi's grand old man, Forrest J Ackerman, dies
By JOHN ROGERS 10 hours ago LOS ANGELES (AP)
Forrest J Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited ...
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The Associated Press: Sci-fi's grand old man, ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/5/2008
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Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times THE TRUE
BELIEVER: "I felt that the primary authors of science
fiction were opening my eyes ... to a better and more fascinating world," says Forrest J Ackerman of the genre he has championed. Ackerman once was ...
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Voices -- Forrest J. Ackerman, 1916 - 2008
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RIP: Forrest J. Ackerman
SF Signal —
... love and enthusiasm for sf and horror, paving the way for fans.
As I wrote previosuly, my first encounter with Forry was through the pages of Perry Rhodan, which he helped bring over to the U.S. Of the several of those I read, I really enjoyed his introductions and afterwords -- his love for all things genre dripped off the pages and helped renew my own interest. And for that, I thank him.
See also: Announcements from SciFi Wire, Los Angeles Times (also the article Hero Complex), Classic Horror ...
Vonda McIntyre, E-Zines, Undead, and More
QuasarDragon —
... article on Star Wars "George Lucas Goes Far Out!" from 1977. In PDF and zipped JPEGs HERE. And more sites pay tribute to Forrest J. Ackerman. Hairy Green Eyeball has a scanned article "The Amazing Ackermonster" from Famous Monsters of Filmland #25, October 1963. Online HERE. Diversions of the Groovy Kind and Beam Me Up also have nice tributes.
Forrest J Ackermna, Deaceased.
dashPunk —
According to the LA Times
Ackerman, a writer, editor and literary agent who has been credited with coining the term “sci-fi” in the 1950s, died Thursday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, said John Sasser, a friend who is making a documentary on Ackerman.
Ackerman was 92 when he passed away and an inspiration to many. One of the ways he influenced our generation and those that came before us, was his position as editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Though of ...
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/6/2008 — Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror movie fans with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and spent a lifetime amassing what has been called the world's largest personal collection of science fiction and fantasy memorabilia, ...
Forrest J Ackerman Dies
sfscope.com 12/6/2008 — Fan, collector, writer, agent, actor, and more: Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008) coined the term "sci-fi" and amassed more than 300,000 artifacts of the sf/f/h fields...
RIP Forrest J Ackerman
blog.fph.co.uk 12/7/2008 — At the age of 92, Forrest "Forry" Ackerman died in LA on 4 December from heart failure after a long illness. We interviewed Ackerman back in 2005 and he showed SFX some of his treasures. He was a genre fan, actor, literary agent, editor and collector, ...
RIP: Forrest J. Ackerman
sfsignal.com 12/6/2008 — More sad news today...
Science fiction's ultimate fan, Forrest J. Ackerman , died yesterday of heart failure, December 4, 2008, at the age of 92. (Forry fell ill last month .) Forry is credited with coining the abbreviation "sci-fi" in the 1950s ...
Forrest J. Ackerman suffers heart attack
sfscope.com 11/3/2008 — We've just received word that Forrest J. Ackerman has suffered a serious heart attack, and, according to our correspondent, "is not expected to survive." We'll have more information when we know it...
Sci-Fi's "Forry" Ackerman Is Dead
scifi.com 12/6/2008 —
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," has died, the Associated Press reported. He was 92.
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