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(Sept. 3, 1949 – March 18, 2008)
  
(Sept. 3, 1949–March 18, 2008)
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'''P. Allen Curry''' of [[Los Angeles]], [[Cincinnati]] and, ultimately, [[Ypsilanti]], [[Michigan]], published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Gnomenclature]]''.
  
'''P. Allen Curry''' of [[Los Angeles]], [[Cincinnati]] and, ultimately, [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]], published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Gnomenclature]]''.
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His friend [[Mike Glicksohn]] wrote of him:
  
His friend [[Mike Glicksohn]] wrote of him:
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"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.
  
"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.
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"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a fine [[poet]], an acceptable [[cartoon]]ist, a superb and produced [[music]]ian and a truly fine (if professionally unpublished) writer.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."
  
"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 He was also a fine poet, an acceptable cartoonist, a superb and produced musician and a truly fine (if professionally unpublished) writer.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."
 
  
 
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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."



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