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news.yahoo.com - 12/5/2008

Sci-fi's grand old man, Forrest J Ackerman, dies - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — LOS ANGELES 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. He was 92. Ackerman died Thursday of ... Sci-fi's grand old man, Forrest J Ackerman, dies - ...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/5/2008

Forrest J Ackerman dead at 92 | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — 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 dead at 92 | Hero Complex | Los ...

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aintitcool.com - 12/6/2008

Forrest J Ackerman is gone... Dr. Acula has returned to the grave... & the Ackermonster is at ...

— aintitcool.com — Hey folks, Harry here... Forrest J Ackerman, founder of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, inventor of SCI-FI and creator of Vampirella has slipped quietly away at 11:58pm (PST) in Horrorwood, Karloffornia. He was amongst friends and spent his last month on ... Forrest J Ackerman is gone... Dr. Acula has returned to ...

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Forrest J Ackerman, 1916 - 2008.
GreenCine Daily — ... was 92.... Although only marginally known to readers of mainstream literature, Ackerman was legendary in science-fiction circles as the founding editor of the pulp magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland. He was also the owner of a huge private collection of science-fiction movie and literary memorabilia that for years filled every nook and cranny of a hillside mansion overlooking Los Angeles. John Rogers, AP. See also: Flickhead's 2006 Forrest J Ackerman Blog-a-Thon; and Wikipedia. ...

R.I.P., OUR BELOVED ACKERMONSTER-- FORREST J. ACKERMAN 1916-2008
Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule — ... to me in the formative years of my film education. I brought along a video camera and taped the entire affair, a glimpse inside the halls of the most famous movie mansion of them all. Another great appreciator of the work and influence of Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Young a.k.a. Flickhead, mounted a wonderful 90th-birthday blog-a-thon in Forry’s honor two years ago, and these videos were part of my contribution to that celebration. In addition to encouraging you to revisit Flickhead’s tribute, I have reposted them here so that you can, if you never got a chance to take the trip ...