Leslie Smith

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(December 15, 1958 ā€“ March 26, 2023)

Leslie Smith

Leslie Helene Smith was an American fanzine fan most active in the 1970sā€“90s. She published Duprass with Linda Bushyager and ran Ditto 7 (1994) with Ken Josenhans. They were joint OEs of ALPS, as well.

Originally from New Jersey, Leslie was a second-generation fan, the daughter of Beresford Smith. She graduated from Rutgers University. She lived in Philadelphia in the 1980s, ultimately moving to Ann Arbor in 1987 for graduate school at the University of Michigan and remaining there.

She married Ken Josenhans on May 17, 1998. Leslie was an opera singer (a dramatic soprano) and voice teacher. She died of heart disease.

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Person 1958ā€”2023
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