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| − | + | '''P. Allen Curry''' of [[Los Angeles]], [[Cincinnati]] and, ultimately, [[Ypsilanti]], [[Michigan]], published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Gnomenclature]]''. | |
| − | + | His friend [[Mike Glicksohn]] wrote of him: | |
| − | + | "We had known each other for more than 35 years. I won't deny that a lot of shared time had a bottle of whiskey or some [[beer]] glasses between us but he was so much more than the archetype of a drunken Irishman. | |
| − | " | + | "Al was quite literally a larger-than-life-figure. He was a very big man with a very big appetite. He was also a fine [[poet]], an acceptable [[cartoon]]ist, a superb and produced [[music]]ian and a truly fine (if professionally unpublished) writer. He was one of the people I would have been delighted to grow up to be." |
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{{person | born=1949 | died=2008}} | {{person | born=1949 | died=2008}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 26 December 2020
(Sept. 3, 1949 – March 18, 2008)
P. Allen Curry of Los Angeles, Cincinnati and, ultimately, Ypsilanti, Michigan, published the fanzine Gnomenclature.
His friend Mike Glicksohn wrote of him:
"We had known each other for more than 35 years. I won't deny that a lot of shared time had a bottle of whiskey or some beer glasses between us but he was so much more than the archetype of a drunken Irishman.
"Al was quite literally a larger-than-life-figure. He was a very big man with a very big appetite. He was also a fine poet, an acceptable cartoonist, a superb and produced musician and a truly fine (if professionally unpublished) writer. He was one of the people I would have been delighted to grow up to be."
| Person | 1949—2008 |
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