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Charles “Chip” Bestler was a Chicago fan active in the 1970s and ’80s. Thursday began in the dorm room he shared in the ’70s with Phil Foglio. Chip chaired Capricon 1 in 1981, held in Evanston, Illinois, worked on Windycon, was part of the Chicago in 1982 Worldcon bid, and performed with Moebius Theatre.
Chip was married, for a time, to fellow fan Leah Bestler; they had two children.
Chip transitioned and became Caitlin Bestler in the late ’80s. She had gafiated and moved to California by the early 2000s. She was a systems architect. She died of complications of esophageal cancer.
- Effen Essef (one of several editors)
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