Dian Crayne

(August 29, 1942 - October 4, 2017)

Dian Girard Pelz Crayne, who also published as J. D. Crayne, was an LA area fan, and a member of LASFS and, formerly, of Future Unbounded. For a time she was known in fandom as Sadista from a cartoon image of herself she used in fanzines.

She published The Game of Fandom in 1964. She later published Murder at the Worldcon. In 1965, while celebrating Halloween at a LASFS party, Dian (then Dian Pelz), was hit by debris after someone fired shots near the building.

She was married to fellow fan Bruce Pelz (1964-70). The divorce was amicable -- they even threw a divorce party which inspired Larry Niven's "What Can You Say about Chocolate-Covered Manhole Covers?" In 1972 she married fan Chuck Crayne who died in 2009. She was discovered dead on October 4, 2017 by police making a welfare check at the request of friends after she failed to show up for their book club meeting, but her exact date of death is uncertain.

Her fanzines included Albatross (a costuming club zine), Cacoethes, Goop, Sangsang, and Yezidee. She also published an art portfolio titled Bianca.

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1942—2017

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